During an
Inter-Denominational Church Services held at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Catholic
Church to mark Nigerian Army Day Celebration at the Maimalari Cantonment,
Maiduguri;
Commander of the
counter-insurgency operation in the North East, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj Gen
Lucky Irabor, has declared that God has given Nigeria victory over the
terrorist sect Boko Haram.
He said the nation and its
military needed to – as part of the Army day celebration which comes up on July
6 every year – give glory to God for the victory he has given the country.
He noted that the day was
picked for the celebration to mark the first shot in the Nigerian Civil War,
which was fired on July 6, 1967.
General Irabor said, “The
Nigerian Army deemed it very necessary to set aside every 6th of July of every
year to give glory to God for the victory that was brought to our land; through
the Nigerian Army.
“As part of the Nigerian
Army Day celebration which comes up every July, 6; this inter-denominational
church service was organised. Last Friday, another service was also organised
for the Muslim faithful.
“The significance of this
church service was to bring all the Christian faithful to acknowledge the
supremacy of God. Our motto says; victory is from God. What better opportunity
of time do we have than to come together in his presence to return all the
glory to him; it only stands to reason that we must come together under a
single umbrella to appreciate him.”
According to Irabor, the
Boko Haram war has two dimensions of – spiritual and professionalism of troops
in winning the war that last for over three years.
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