Chief of Nigerian Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has given the Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, 40 days within which to capture Abubakar Shekau, the so-called and self-styled leader of Boko Haram terrorists group, dead or alive.
The Army chief directed the Theatre Commander to deploy all arsenal at his disposal to smoke out Shekau wherever he is hiding in Nigeria.
A statement yesterday, Friday, from the Army Headquarters in Abuja appealed to Nigerians to assist the army by volunteering information that would lead to the accomplishment of this task.
The three paragraph statement was issued by the Director of the Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman. [myad]
