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After failing as Theatre Commander of “Operation Lafiya Dole, Gen. Attahiru makes Buhari’s list as Army Chief

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After a dismal failure in line of duty, a former Theatre Commander of “Operation Lafiya Dole”, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and was removed by the Nigerian Army, the general on Tuesday made President Muhammadu Buhari’s list as the Chief of Army Staff.

Persecondnews recalls that in 2017, the outgone Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.Tukur Buratai, had given Attahiru 40 days to capture Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, dead or alive. A

Summarily, Attahiru was removed and was not given any posting.

Till date, all the officers who took over from Attahiru had been unable to capture Shekau.

Attahiru’s tenure as theatre commander was characterised by several failures and a spike in terrorist attacks.

In May 2017, Attahiru took over the theatre command from Major General Lucky Irabor who is now the Chief of Defence Staff.

However, suicide bombings and attacks on military formations increased drastically.

In June 2017, a month after he took over, Boko Haram insurgents attacked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

The month after, a group of geologists and technologists from the University of Maiduguri were ambushed by Boko Haram insurgents at Magumeri area of Borno state with 12 soldiers who escorted the academics were killed.

The casualties also include some staff members of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation on the team, who were killed in the bloody ambush.

Also,  four female suicide bombers attacked Muna Gari, a suburb of Maiduguri, killing more than 14 people.

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