Buratai To Recruits: You Will Be Sent To Sambisa, Be Prepared

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has admonished recruits of the Nigerian army to be ready to put their lives on the line in defence of the country’s territorial integrity.

Ekohotblog reports that Buratai gave the admonition when he spoke at the final screening for 80 regular recruits at Falgore forest in Kano.

The army chief told the recruits to be ready to move to Sambisa, a stronghold of the Boko Haram sect in Borno state, and other troubled spots in the country upon completion of their training.

He noted that the recruits should beam with patriot fervour when called upon to defend the country against external aggression, adding that those who are not disciplined and committed to the cause are free to leave.

“As such, you must make up your mind that you are ready to serve your country as a soldier and you should be ready, anywhere you are deployed, after your passing out,” he said.

“All of you will go to Sambisa at the end of your depot training. If you are not ready to move to Sambisa and other parts of the country, and of course, our border areas to defend our country from any act of aggression, then you have not started”

He averred that the Nigerian army does not entertain indolence and indiscipline in the army no room for “malingering.”

Buratai said the recruitment and selection would now be conducted in Falgore forest, adding all recruits will be subjected to similar process.

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“This is where we will select those that will become cadets and be trained as officers as well because, at the end of all the training, the officers and soldiers will operate together under the same condition,” he said.

“As such, all must be subjected to a similar process of recruitment and selection.”