Buratai inaugurates Army Complex, says ‘we are committed to rescuing Dapchi schoolgirls’

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday restated the army’s commitment to rescuing  the 110 Dapchi school girls abducted by insurgents.
Buratai spoke  at the inauguration of  the newly completed office complex in the  6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
He said the army and other security agencies are fully focused on reuniting the missing girls with their families soon.
“The search for the  110 missing school girls from Dapchi is an ongoing  process.
“Definitely, everybody is concerned  and we are doing our best in  finding the missing school girls,” he said.
Buratai  also debunked the claims that the Boko Haram insurgents had  regrouped and  now controlling a large territory in the North East Zone.
He said there was “  nothing like resurgence, ’’  adding that  “ one or two incidents’’ could not be interpreted as  resurgence.
“It is the responsibility of everybody to join hands  and knowing that it is not entirely a military responsibility but a collective task.
“Every facet of our society needs to be part of this fight against terrorism. It is a national disaster and calamity which we must all join hands to defeat,” Buratai  said.
He said the media has an  important role to play, urging it  to set the agenda for national unity and peace with focus on ending insurgency and terrorism in the country.
The army chief  said the newly built complex was completed through direct labour with little support from the army headquarters.
Buratai commended the General Officer  Commanding (GOC),   8 Division,  Sokoto, Maj.-Gen. Stevenson Olabanji; GOC 81 Division,  Lagos, Maj.-Gen. Enobong Udoh,  and GOC 6 Division, Maj.-Gen. Musa Yusuf,  for completing the project.
“These officers have done a lot and added value to the division which was the youngest division in the Nigerian Army.
“This is what is expected of officers and commanders;  to always seek development of their formations wherever they are deployed,” he said.
The army chief  also commended security agencies for the relative peace in the Niger Delta, urging continued synergy among security agencies and stakeholders.