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By: Okosun Dennis
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya will on Monday, 4th October, 2021, perform the flagging-off of Exercises GOLDEN DAWN, ENDURING PEACE and STILL WATER nation wide.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwuchukwu said in Abuja on Sunday that the COAS will symbolically flag-off all Exercises at the venue of Exercise GOLDEN DAWN in Ovie-Emene, Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.
During the period, troops are expected to be taken through operational rigours to effectively respond to security challenges, ranging from kidnapping, banditry, thuggery, brigandage, armed robbery, cultism, communal crisis, violent secessionist agitations, farmers-herders clashes and insurgency, amongst other sundry crimes.
He explained that all these Field Training Exercises (FTEs) are routines conducted yearly by the Nigerian Army (NA), which is designed to effectively check all forms of criminalities and allow for free movement of persons during the Yuletide.
However, the FTEs will provide a platform to sharpen the skills of participating troops on the conduct of Internal Security Operations.
It was learnt that the exercises will run simultaneously in 2, 6, 81 and 82 Divisions Areas of Responsibilities(AOR) in the South West, South South and South East regions respectively.
Besides, the exercise will also take place at Headquarters, Command Army Records, 401 Special Forces Brigade and Guards Brigade Areas of Responsibilities (AOR) in the North Central States of Kogi, Benue and the Federal Capital territory respectively.
Brig Gen Nwuchukwu reiterated that the exercise would be complimented by robust Civil-Military relations activities in identified communities in the envisaged AORs, adding that this intervention calls for critical stakeholders to support the NA and other security agencies to stem the tide of crimes and criminality across the areas, particularly as the Yuletide approaches.
While calling on members of the public not to panic at sighting the movement of troops and equipment, he enjoined them to continue to support the NA and other security agencies with credible information on the activities of criminals in their vicinity.
“Nigerians are please encouraged to take ownership of the exercise for a seamless celebration during the yuletide,” Army spokesperson, Brig Gen Nwuchukwu reiterated
