{"id":16100,"date":"2013-08-05T21:54:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=16100"},"modified":"2013-08-06T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T06:56:29","slug":"nigerian-troops-in-mali-deployed-to-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-troops-in-mali-deployed-to-borno\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Troops In Mali Deployed To Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About one hundred Nigerian troops deployed to Mali as part of the United Nations peacekeepers have arrived Maiduguri the Borno state capital.<\/p>\n<p>The director Defence information Brigadier General Chris Olukolade and other top military officers received the troops.<\/p>\n<p>The returning troops have joined other troops who are on military operations in the northeastern part of the country<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian soldiers arriving at the Maiduguri airport at exactly 12; 00 mid night. Senior military officials were on hand to receive them. And in military style they demonstrate their readiness to join the operations in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.<\/p>\n<p>On their arrival, the leader of the contingent, Major Idris Mustapha the battalion second in command narrated the experience of the troops in Mali and expressed readiness to bring to bear their experience in Mali to contribute to the peace operations in Nigeria.&amp;#8232;His words were re-echoed by some of the troops who say there are not tired but are prepared to demonstrate their loyalty to their fatherland.<\/p>\n<p>The Director Defence Information explained the reason for the re-deployment of the troops to join the peace support operations in the country having served for about seven months in Mali.<\/p>\n<p>According to the defence headquarters over nine-hundred soldiers have already been injected into the peace enhancement operations in the north-eastern part of the country, while more are expected from other operations across the world<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About one hundred Nigerian troops deployed to Mali as part of the United Nations peacekeepers have arrived Maiduguri the Borno state capital. 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