Irabor extols Buratai’s leadership style, says former COAS joined troops to fight insurgents from frontline
By Matthew Eloyi
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor has extolled the leadership style of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd) for leading from the front and listening to his subordinates while in service.
Irabor gave the commendation in a goodwill message at the launch of three books written in honour of the former Army chief in Abuja on Saturday.
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The books: “Walking the War Front with Lt. Gen. TY Buratai,” “Duty Call Under Buratai’s Command” and “The Lonely Grave and Other Poems” were authored by Jibrin Baba Ndace, a veteran defence correspondent.
Also speaking at the trilogy’s presentation and launching event which took place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Vice President-elect, Sen Kashim Shettima described Buratai as one of the most visible generals the country has ever had.
The VP-elect, represented by Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a one-term Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, lauded Buratai for his doggedness in the fight against insurgency.
He also congratulated Ndace, the celebrant-author, for joining the league of writers, who have chosen to document the story of Nigeria’s counter-insurgency war, from an eyewitness perspective.
On his part, Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi (Rtd), represented by Major General A.T Jibril (Rtd), Special Adviser Technical to the Minister, said Buratai was a patriotic officer who did his best for the safety of Nigerians.
According to him, the media, in particular, has a responsibility as warranted by the principle of developmental journalism not to incite hate and inflame passion, but to inform, educate and mobilize support for the armed forces.
The newly-published books which highlight the war against Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgency in the North-east of Nigeria, were written specifically to aid in the visualization of the horrors terrorists have visited on citizens and how the Nigerian Army and other security agencies, Civilian JTF confronted them under the leadership of the 20th Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai.
