{"id":54032,"date":"2021-11-22T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T11:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=54032"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T11:32:21","slug":"coas-lt-gen-farouk-yahaya-declares-war-against-bandits-other-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/coas-lt-gen-farouk-yahaya-declares-war-against-bandits-other-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"COAS, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya Declares War Against Bandits, Other Criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has declared that from now on the Nigerian Army will engage bandits and other criminalelements in a aWar war.<\/p>\n

The Rmy Boss who stated this during a familiarization visit to 31 Artillery Brigade and TRADOC Hatrs in Minna, Niger State, on Sunday said the army will be more resolute and decisive in dealing with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI commend them on the job they are doing they should be more resolute and more decisive in dealing with the criminals and we will engage bandits just like in a war. We kill them and bring their weapons. And that is what we will continue to do but there are challenges,\u201d he remarked .<\/p>\n

He explained that he had travelled around all the states in Nigeria to access the security situation, saying \u201cnow that I came here, I have been briefed by my Officers on ground\u201d.<\/p>

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Speaking further on the purpose of the visit, the Chief of Army Staff said, \u201cthe essence of the visit is to interact with the troops. To ginger them more to do better. The challenges across the nation have been enormous and we are doing our best. In a war like this, but you can have surprises sometimes\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are challenges here and there and that\u2019s why we are to address them. As acknowledged by many, there is much improvement as compared to the beginning we are continuing in that drive\u201d, he maintained<\/p>\n

He also appealed to other sister security agencies as well as relevant stakeholders to assist the Army in the aspect of information sharing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese criminal elements are living with us and if we all join hands together, we will eliminate them. Now we are making progress, we have improved results. The others (other security agencies) are already contributing with us in the area of information sharing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Army Boss also took some time off to commission the TRADOC Officers’ Transit Accommodation within the Minna Military Cantonment in Niger State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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