German Govt, DHQ Train Military Personnel on Armoured Fighting Skills

The German government and the Nigerian Defence Headquarters ( DHQ) have trained military personnel on armoured fighting skills against acts of terrorism in the North-east and other parts of the country.

The training yesterday graduated the first set of military personnel trained by the DHQ in conjunction with the German government to service and maintain military war vehicles including armoured vehicles being currently used against Boko Haram terrorists in the North-east.

The technicians, who cut across the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Navy have been equipped to maintain current and future automobiles of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and its personnel, particularly, as it concerns terrorism and insurgency.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the 14 military personnel from the Armed Forces Electrical and Mechanical Engineering school ,( A FE ME) in Abuja, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin stated that “the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies were working assiduously in ensuring terrorism and other criminalities were checkmated.

“It was pertinent for the Armed Forces to have technicians with requisite skills to maintain weapons, armed fighting vehicles as well as softskinned vehicles in support of the ongoing operations.

“The successful training of 14 out of the 15 students who started the programme at AFEME Mechantronic School, located at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, was in fulfilment of the bilateral agreement between Nigeria and the German Ministries of Defence, leading to its establishment in 2015,” the CDS added.