Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai
Speaking at the Chief of Army Staff annual conference in Ibadan, Buratai explained that the Army is consolidating on its successes in the outgoing year.
The new operations namely; Crocodile 3 (South South, South East and South West), Operation Harbin Kunaman 3 and Operation Egwu-Eke 3, according to Buratai would be deployed in the Kaduna, Plateau and Bauchi states.
Buratai also told his audience that the Army will from next year commercialise its resources in order to boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to make it more financially buoyant for greater efficiency.
He mentioned the NAPL complex in Victoria Island, Lagos, the Command Guest house, Takwa Bay and the Nigeria Army Central Workshop, Kaduna as some of the places that would be commercialised.
He also disclosed that the Nigeria Army Engineers would be involved in the rebuilding of the Northern East, especially the areas where civilians could not access, due to perceived insecurity.
He assured that the Army shall be non-partisan in the discharge of its duties.
His words: “The Nigerian Army shall also remain apolitical in the discharge of its constitutional roles.”
Meanwhile, the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen Rogers Nicholas has said some people still provide information on locations of troops in the region.
Therefore, he said there is ‘a lot to be done’ to completely defeat the insurgents in the Northeast.
Nicholas raised the alarm yesterday at the taking over ceremony from Maj-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru at the Maimalari Cantonment,
Maiduguri.
He said: “Some people still help these Boko Haram insurgents with information about the locations of our troops fighting terrorism and insurgency in northeast.
“We’ve to put our hands together and make sure they are completely defeated, before peace could be restored in Borno State and the Northeast sub-region.’’
On the complete defeat of Boko Haram, Rogers said: “There are many things coming up on board. Basically, military and strategic information will not be released; but as the operations unfold you will get to see them on ground and front lines of our operations.’’
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