By Linus Aleke

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has laid a wreath in honour of officers and soldiers of the Service, who paid the supreme price fighting terrorism and insurgency in defence of Nigeria.

The COAS laid the wreath at a Heroes Cenotaph in the northern Borno town, Mongunu, the Headquarters of Sector 3 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI, as he continued his operational tour of the North East theatre of Operations.

Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, made this disclosure in a statement in Abuja.

Addressing the combined troops of Sector 3 and the Hybrid Force, Gen Lagbaja pointed out, that it is very significant to pay tribute and lay wreath in memory and honour of gallant officers and soldiers, who paid the supreme price to defend and extricate the North East from the strangulating hold of ISWAP/ Boko Haram terrorists.

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He assured the troops that the transformation currently sweeping through the Nigerian Army in terms of proficient training, adequate equipment, and welfare will leave no Army formation or unit untouched.

He added that amenities in Army Cantonments and Barracks will be revolutionized to bring succour to personnel and their families.

He charged them to sustain the onslaught against the insurgents and restore sanity in the Lake Chad region and northern Borno.

Gen Lagbaja urged the troops to be resolute and not to rest on their oars, as the war against terrorism and insurgency rages.

Earlier, the Commander Sector 3 JTF NE Operation HADIN KAI, Brigadier General WM Dangana, briefed the COAS on ongoing Operations Desert/ Lake Sanity all, as well as Operation Harbin Zuma to clear the insurgents from the Tumbuns (Islands) and the Lake Chad basin.