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Tukur Yusuf Buratai
20th Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria)
Tukur Yusuf Buratai(Listenⓘ)CFRpsc(+)NAM GSS ndc (BD) (born 24 November 1960) is a retired Nigerian armylieutenant general, former Chief of Army Staff[1] (appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2015),[2] and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin.[3] He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and has had multiple command, administrative, and instructional appointments.[4]
Background and education
General Buratai is from Buratai town, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State.
His father, Yusuf Buratai, was a non commissioned officer in the Royal West African Frontier Force and World War II veteran who fought in Burma.[5] General Buratai had his primary education at Buratai town and thereafter gained admission to Government Teachers College Potiskum, Yobe State, where he graduated with distinction.
Military career
In January 1981, Buratai