Operation Hadin Kai: Gen Abubakar assumes duty as sector 3 Commander

Brig.-Gen. A.E Abubakar has assumed duty as the new Commander of Sector 3 of Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Monguno in Borno.

According to a  statement by the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations of the task force, Maj. Ojo Adenegan on Friday, Abubakar took over from Maj.-Gen. G.M Mutkut.

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Speaking at the handing and taking over ceremony in Monguno, Abubakar lauded the outgoing commander for his performance and successes recorded and promised to continue to build on it.

In his remarks, Mutkut lauded the support and cooperation he enjoyed from the troops and urged them to extend the same to his successor to sustain the tempo in the fight against insurgency.

Highlights of the ceremony are the signing of documents and the decoration of the new commander with the sector’s Insignias.

(NAN)