Significant General Lucky Irabor, Theater administrator of Operation Lafiya Dole gave over the banner to Buhari at precisely 10:30 pm on Friday, December 30th, at the current year's regimental supper sorted out by the presidential detachment of watchmen.
Talking at Friday's supper, Irabor said troops captured 1,240 presumed Boko Haram individuals amid a wipe up operation inside Sambisa.
In his reaction, Buhari, who related how he was almost slaughtered even before he gathered his first pay in the armed force expressed that keeping Nigeria joined was foremost.
"I trust you are here on the grounds that you need to be here and you can't whine. We will do our best to manufacture the national foundations in the nation," he said.
"There are 250 ethnic gatherings, so keeping Nigeria one is an errand that must be finished. So notwithstanding for an individual reason, you should ensure this nation remains one and stay solid."
On his part, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai guaranteed Nigerians that they will proceed with their invasion in the north-east.