Tukur Buratai

Buratai Meets Beninese President Amid Sunday Igboho’s Trial

Buratai Meets Beninese President Amid Sunday Igboho’s Trial

Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (retd.), on Wednesday met with the Benin Republic President, Patrice Talon, as the Nigerian envoy and presented his letter of credence to him.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Buratai met with Talon on Tuesday, amidst the ongoing trial of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) in the West African country.

Sources said both dignitaries discussed the issue behind closed doors with insinuations that Buratai was, until yesterday, not officially recognised in the Francophone country.

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Travel Ban Threats: I Don’t Mind Living In Nigeria – Buratai

Travel Ban Threats: I Don’t Mind Living In Nigeria – Buratai

Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has taken a swipe at those threatening Nigerian military officers with a travel ban.

He spoke on Monday at a meeting with Army commanders in Abuja on the End SARS protest and violent incidents across the country.

The COAS lambasted international organisations clamouring for a ban on top personnel and soldiers over rights abuses.

‘Criminal elements are threatening us with travel ban but we are not worried because we must remain in this country to make it better.’

‘The first time I travelled outside of this country, I was already 50 years and a