By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has expressed worry over the fuelling insecurity in the country, and therefore ordered formation and unit commanders to commence attacks on identified hideouts of terrorists, bandits and other criminals.
According to him, henceforth, terrorists and other criminals would be treated in the language they understand.
Yahaya disclosed this during the closing of the Chief of Army Staff Combined Second and Third Quarters Conference 2021 on Wednesday in Abuja
He also warned those fuelling insecurity in the country to stop.
Yahaya said, “In the past three days, we have generated new strategies that we believe could enhance stability in areas currently witnessing insecurity in the country and the Nigerian Army will end the Year 2021 on a high and successful note.
“Henceforth, commanders must be proactive in the conduct of their operations. You must take the fight into the identified and known enclaves of terrorists and criminals to neautralise them.
“In the conduct of our operations, commanders must ensure that their troops maintain a state of constant alertness and vigilance at all times to avoid any surprise attack by the adversary.
“Lackadaisical attitudes on the part of commanders would not be tolerated.
“The Nigerian Army, within the ambit of rule of law, will talk to the terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and other perpetrators of violence in the language they understand.
“I advise those fuelling the crises being witnessed across the country to desist from their unpatriotic acts as we remain committed to ensuring peace returns to every part of the Country in no distant time.”
Precise Post recalls that the terrorists had couple of weeks back attacked the Nigeria Defence Academy killing an officer and kidnapping two others.
