Army promotes 6,199 Boko Haram-fi ghting soldiers

By Musa Umar Bologi Abuja Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday approved special promotion for 6,199 soldiers serving in Operation Lafi ya Dole to various ranks between Lance Corporals and Warrant Offi cers in the Nigerian Army. Benefi ciaries of the special promotion, according to Army spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, in a statement, are 329 Staff Sergeants who were promoted to Warrant Offi cers, 371 Sergeants to Staff Sergeants, 707 Corporals to Sergeants, 1,290 Lance Corporals to Corporals, and 3,502 Privates to Lance Corporals. “Th e COAS congratulates the benefi ciaries and urged them to increase the tempo of the ongoing clearance operations of the Boko Haram terrorists in the NorthEast,” he said.

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