Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has made a revelation about Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun.

He said; “When I had the first ambush, he was with me in the vehicle, by my side on the 18th of September, 2015, and I can see the courage he exhibited.”

“He was able to mobilise the troops to counter the bandits, the criminals, the terrorists out of the way. His elevation is not new to me. He deserves it.”

“When I was appointed as the chief of army staff, I met Lamidi Adeosun at the north-east, I met Adeosun as the commander of operations there, and he started the rejigging processes of the Nigerian army and we commenced our upward and progressive movement towards the technical defeat of Boko Haram.”

“The Nigerian army engineering corps is one institution that has played a very important role in infrastructural development.”

“They are professionals, experts, and deliver quality at a very cheap cost.”