Officers and soldiers involved in the ongoing counter terrorist operations in the Northeast, have been charged to ensure that the terrorists are not given any leeway to breach security and perpetrate atrocities in any part of the identified hotspots in the campaign.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Kenneth Minimah, stated this in Maiduguri on Wednesday, March 20, 2014 at Giwa Barracks as he toured round army facilities to check on the deployment & disposition of troops in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
Gen. Minimah who commended the troops for their resilience in the ongoing offensive against the terrorists, also assured them that all necessary efforts were being made to ensure that troops did not lack any requirement that is considered vital to accelerating the success of the mission.He however warned against any form of indiscipline or mishandling of equipment available for the operation at the moment.
“All the training and experience already imparted in all military personnel”, he said were now necessary and required to ensure that the entire effort at curbing the menace of terrorism succeed as planned.
