COAS orders troops to hunt down perpetrators

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, yesterday, visited the scene and ordered troops to intensify search and rescue operations and  hunt down the terrorists.

Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement in Abuja, said the COAS had assessed the security situation around the general area of the attack and inspected the attacked train and the rail track to evaluate the degree of damage.

Yahaya was accompanied by some principal staff officers of the Army Headquarters and the General Officer Commanding 1 Division.

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