The Guardian (Nigeria)

How army plans to overwhelm Boko Haram, others

- From Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri

THE Nigeria Army will continue to review strategies to overwhelm and defeat the country’s adversarie­s, says the Chief of Army Staff ( COAS), LtGen. Farouk Yahaya.

He explained that the strategies comprise techniques and military procedures to secure the country by protecting life and property.

Unveiling the security strateOper­ation Hadin Kai ( OPHK), gies, yesterday, in Maiduguri, Maj- Gen. Christophe­r Musa, at a seminar the med lamented the challengin­g ‘ Intensifyi­ng Warrior Ethos time in the country’s history, and Regimentat­ion in the which left enormous responNige­rian Army’, Y ahaya dissibilit­y for the Army. closed that the army is using He reiterated President both kinetic and non- kinetic Muhammadu Buhari’s direcmeans to secure life and proptive that the adversarie­s of erty across the nation. Nigeria must be defeated deci

The COAS, represente­d by the sively.

Theatre Commander , “Our complex security environmen­t is replete with acts of insecurity, terrorism, kidnapping, ethno- religious conflicts and banditry from nonstate actors,” he said. Identifyin­g the non- state actors as Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province ( ISWAP), Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB) and others, he said that the gallant troops had continued to record successes against the adversarie­s.

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