Acting Chief of Army Staff embarks on maiden operational tour out of Abuja – Crime Channels
Acting Chief of Army Staff embarks on maiden operational tour out of Abuja
The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has on Sunday, embarked on operational tour to Sokoto State in the 8 Division Area of Responsibility to assess the counter-insurgency operation.
This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Sunday in Abuja.
Nwachukwu said the acting COAS arrived Sokoto in the early hours of the day, and proceeded to Forward Operations Base Tangaza and 248 Battalion in Illela, where he received briefs on the security situation by the General Officer Commanding 8 Division, Brig.-Gen. Ibikunle Ajose.
Addressing the troops at Tangaza and illela, Oluyede commended them for their sacrifice and commitment in the ongoing fight against terrorism and insurgency in the North West.
The acting COAS said that he was on operational tour to obtain first-hand information and assessment of the security situation and challenges of the troops.
He assured them of his full support and encouragement to decisively deplete the activities of terrorists and insurgents in their respective areas of responsibility and the North West zone in general.
The army chief charged the troops to shun any form of complacency that could jeopardize the ongoing operations to overcome the security challenges bedeviling the region.
In his interaction with the Chairman of Tangaza Local Government Area, Bashir Salihu, traditional heads and heads of security agencies at Illela, he called for synergy and collaboration with the troops.
He also called on the people to support the troops with credible information to be able to effectively protect them and secure the nation as a whole.
“Nigerian Army is the people’s army and Nigeria belongs to all of us, without support of the locals, Nigerian Army cannot succeed. We must collectively do all it takes to defend our country” he advised. (NAN)
