CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South has described the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru as a national tragedy, noting that the he died a worthy hero.
In a statement he personally signed Saturday, the former Senate Leader said that he received the news of the death of Attahiru and ten others with shock.
Ndume lamented that the late gallant General died at a time when the nation was looking up to him to effectively provide the necessary leadership that would eliminate insurgency and other forms of criminality in Nigeria.
He described Attahiru and members of his team as a highly dedicated and patriotic Nigerians who have already commenced the implementation of strategies that the Nigerian Army needed to tackle external and internal forces that are threatening the nation’s peace.
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