Just in: Chief of Army Staff loses father

Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, the father of Tukur Burtai, Nigeria’ Chief of Army Staff is dead. Late Yusuf, an ex- soldier died in Maiduguri? Borno State on Friday morning.

While announcing the death of the father of COAS, Brigadier General S.K Usman, Director of Army Public Relations said in a Facebook post on Friday morning ‘Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihirrajiun. This is to inform you of the passing away of the father of the Chief of Army Staff, Alhaji Yusuf Buratai this morning in Maiduguri.”

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