{"source_url": "https://theeagleonline.com.ng", "url": "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/buratai-visits-police-training-college-troops-in-gwoza/", "title": "Buratai visits Police training college, troops in Gwoza", "top_image": "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BURATAI-e1520361835225.jpg", "meta_img": "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BURATAI-e1520361835225.jpg", "images": ["data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20300%20250'%3E%3C/svg%3E", "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20350%20250'%3E%3C/svg%3E", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/TEO-is-8-640x640.jpeg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Come-with-your-colors-300x300.png", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/300-x-250-banner-Ad.jpg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-perfect-match.jpeg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/NNPC-oilandgasreport.jpg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CBN-Advert.gif", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Buhari_trips.jpg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BURATAI-e1520361835225.jpg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Logo-of-The-Eagle-Online.png", "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20612%20792'%3E%3C/svg%3E", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Train-7-FID-Online-Banner-e1577909381887.jpg", "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/image963028.jpg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JAMB-2019-Reg.jpg", "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Logo-TEO-is-8-e1578672532897.jpeg", "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20300%20300'%3E%3C/svg%3E", "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201020%20365'%3E%3C/svg%3E", "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20640%20640'%3E%3C/svg%3E"], "movies": [], "text": "The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has visited the Police Training College at Alimankara in Gwoza and climbed the hills as part of operational visit to North East.\n\nNews Agency of Nigeria recalls that the college is one of the critical security institutions overran by the Boko Haram terrorists during the peak of their activities in Borno state in August 2014.\n\nThe Alimankara village where the college is located and indeed the entire Gwoza local government was under the control of the terrorists for months before the troops of Nigerian Army retook the area in 2015.\n\nDuring the visit, it was observed that normalcy has since returned to the town with the residents chanting in excitement while the rebuilding works at the college has reached advance stages of completion.\n\nBuratai was conducted round the college by the top police officers in the college.\n\nAfter the ascent of the two hills, Buratai disclosed that the value of climbing the hills was borne out of the desire to feel what they troops feel in carrying out operations there.\n\nAccording to him, if you don\u2019t feel the pinch you will not know the impact of what your colleagues are also facing.\n\n\u201cThis what they do virtually every day, they don\u2019t only climb, they equally trek far distances and so it is good for us to appreciate what they are doing and we will be in a better state to understand their feeling and also address them as the case may be.\n\n\u201cAs you can see, it is equally a morale booster because I have gone up there to see the observation course officer at the peak of this hill which is almost the highest around here.\n\n\u201cSeeing the chief of Army Staff with him there is something that he never imagined but this is encouraging them and to tell them we are with them,\u201d he said.\n\nBuratai commended the performance of the troops against the terrorists in the area and the north east in general, adding that the performance had been impressive and encouraging.\n\nHe said that the troops had exhibited high level of professionalism and resilience with the knowledge of the terrain, adding that they had continued to raid the hideouts of the terrorists.\n\nHe said: \u201cI am sure the progress is quite commendable and we hope as we enter the new year, they will be more result oriented operations to finally clear the remnant of the Boko Haram.\u201d\n\nHe said that the super camp concept had achieved its objective, saying it has helped the troops to have much understanding of the behaviour of the terrorists.\n\nAccording to him, the initial misconception about super camps has been assuaged as well as the fears of the people and it is something that we will continue to build on to make sure we succeed at the end.\n\nBuratai, while wishing the people of the area a peaceful 2020, also assured them that the troops would continue to provide them security enable them enjoy more harvest from their farms.\n\n\u201cLet them keep supporting the troops and all of us and provide useful information that would be used in identifying the terrorists in the communities and around the bushes as well,\u201d he said.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": ["Gwoza", "Borno State", "Police Training College", "Boko Haram", "North East", "Tukur Buratai"], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Wed Jan  1 13:30:25 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "https://theeagleonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TEO-icon-55x55.png", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=yes", "theme-color": "#cc0000", "msapplication-navbutton-color": "#cc0000", "apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style": "#cc0000", "og": {"type": "article", "title": "Buratai visits Police training college, troops in Gwoza", "site_name": "The Eagle Online", "description": "The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. 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