How I escaped assassination attempt - Buratai

Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai says he escaped the alleged Shiite attack on his convoy on Saturday December 12th by the will of God.

 "You want to know how I escaped? It was by the will of God that I was able to escape from that place," he said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja today.

Asked for an account of what transpired during the attack, Buratai said "I think NTA was there and they aired the clip, it was very clear. They were violent. Definitely this is very clear. The clips are there. That was what happened".