As part of measures to review the ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency war in the North East, with a view to strengthening operations, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, will meet General Officers Commanding (GOCs) Army Divisions and other commanding officers Monday in Abuja.
The meeting, which will end Thursday, will hold under the auspices of the COAS Second Quarter Conference.
The conference is rather timely, as it comes against the backdrop of renewed suicide bomb and gun attacks by Boko Haram on parts of the North.
A statement indicating the strategic meeting, was signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations (DAPR), Colonel Sani Usman.
The statement reads in part: “The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) 2015 Second Quarter Conference will take place from Monday 13 – Thursday 16 July 2015, at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja.
“The Conference is designed to deliberate on the general administration of the Nigerian Army, review the ongoing military operations against terrorism and insurgency in the North East and other internal security operations across the country, as well as x-ray the Nigerian Army’s activities within the last three months.
“The Conference will also project and re-strategize for the next quarter which will culminate in far reaching decisions for the furtherance of set goals of the Nigerian Army and the general security of the nation…”
And in a related develpoment, the Military High Command may have decided to re-introduce military check points to contain the resurgence of Boko Haram in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari had, two weeks ago, ordered the dismantling of military check points across the country except in frontline states.
But following series of bomb attacks in some states in the Northern part of the country, the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Aresa ordered police personnel to embark on stop and search along the highways.
It has been discovered that military personnel have equally returned at some check points where they had earlier been withdrawn.
New Telegraph observed that military has mounted check points along Nyanya – Keffi road, two weeks after such had been dismantled.
Also military personnel have been posted at worship places while use of metal scanners on worshippers have been re-introduced.
Parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Karu, a suburb of Abuja where worshippers are being subjected to stop-and-search, appealed to such members to co-operate “because of the security situation in the country.”
The meeting, which will end Thursday, will hold under the auspices of the COAS Second Quarter Conference.
The conference is rather timely, as it comes against the backdrop of renewed suicide bomb and gun attacks by Boko Haram on parts of the North.
A statement indicating the strategic meeting, was signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations (DAPR), Colonel Sani Usman.
The statement reads in part: “The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) 2015 Second Quarter Conference will take place from Monday 13 – Thursday 16 July 2015, at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja.
“The Conference is designed to deliberate on the general administration of the Nigerian Army, review the ongoing military operations against terrorism and insurgency in the North East and other internal security operations across the country, as well as x-ray the Nigerian Army’s activities within the last three months.
“The Conference will also project and re-strategize for the next quarter which will culminate in far reaching decisions for the furtherance of set goals of the Nigerian Army and the general security of the nation…”
And in a related develpoment, the Military High Command may have decided to re-introduce military check points to contain the resurgence of Boko Haram in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari had, two weeks ago, ordered the dismantling of military check points across the country except in frontline states.
But following series of bomb attacks in some states in the Northern part of the country, the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Aresa ordered police personnel to embark on stop and search along the highways.
It has been discovered that military personnel have equally returned at some check points where they had earlier been withdrawn.
New Telegraph observed that military has mounted check points along Nyanya – Keffi road, two weeks after such had been dismantled.
Also military personnel have been posted at worship places while use of metal scanners on worshippers have been re-introduced.
Parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Karu, a suburb of Abuja where worshippers are being subjected to stop-and-search, appealed to such members to co-operate “because of the security situation in the country.”
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