Buratai Blames Dubai Properties Report On Boko Haram Terrorists

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai says those seeking a probe of his alleged N130 million properties in Dubai are the defeated Boko Haram terrorists who are now hiding behind the internet to continue with their attacks against the military institution and government of Nigeria.

Speaking, Tuesday at the Army Headquarters, Abuja, during a press briefing on the activities lined up for this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL 2016) with the theme “Optimizing the Capability of the Nigerian Army to Meet Contemporary Security Challenges”, the Army chief said that terrorists having been defeated on the field in the North-East, have now migrated to the cyber space and the internet to carry out acts of mischief.

However, he vowed that the Nigerian Army will defeat them. According to him, the Army has already marshaled out how to counter the narratives and new stratagies of those he tagged ‘cyber terrorists’

“I am not supposed to be commenting again on this issue because both the Federal Government and the Army have addressed. However, what I can say is that we have defeated the terrorists on the land and they have now migrated to the cyberspace.

“But I want to assure that we will follow these Boko Haram that migrated to the cyberspace to wherever they are. We will follow them and clear their doubts,” Buratai said.

Speaking further, the army chief said the fact that Boko Haram has been defeated, insisting that they no longer hold grounds in the North East.

“Let’s be clear about this, no place or territory is being held by these terrorists. And of course you know that if terrorists are dislodged from one place they move to another even across countries. Right now we have received reports of these terrorists moving to other areas.

“And when we say that the terrorists have been defeated and not holding any territory, have they come out to debunk it. No, non one has come to tell you that they are holding territory,” he asserted.