Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has denied reports attributed to him that a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen.  Tukur Buratai narrowly escaped death when his convoy was attacked last Friday in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents.

Ndume was alleged to have made the claim when speaking on a national television programme on Sunday.

In a statement yesterday, Ndume dismissed the reports as misleading and a misrepresentation of what he said.

The former Senate Leader and Senator representing Borno South explained that “it was Buratai town in Borno State that was attacked, not the person of the erstwhile Chief of Army Staff General Tukur Buratai who hails from Buratai town in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State.”

He said:  “Even two days ago, Buratai (town) was attacked in front of the operations base in Borno. But the soldiers stood up to them,  but they  (the attackers) burnt down some of our assets.

“Normally, these days they burn assets like Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), tanks, and heavy-duty machine guns that we have, and sometimes they steal some of these ‘’