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".