LG boss pleads for extension of exercise “Ayem Akpatuma”

The administrator of Kabba/Bunu local government area of Kogi state, Moses Olorunleke, has tasked the military to extend the “Ayem Akpatuma” exercise ongoing in the north central region if the country to communities in the council.

Besides, the council boss also reiterated that the state government’s continuous commitment towards securing the lives and property of the people remain unflinching.

Olorunleke while presenting food items on behalf of the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to the operational base of Nigeria Army currently on Exercise Ayem Apatuma at Odo Ape, a community in the local government.

Ayem Akpatuma is an exercise inaugurated by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and was designed to curb the incidents of farmers/herdsmen clashes and to help familiarise the troops to the challenges of internal security in the affected areas.

The exercise is jointly being conducted with services of the Armed Forces as well as other security agencies like the police, DSS and other paramilitary organizations.

The administrator specially requested that other parts of the local government enjoy the military presence before the end of the operation.

Olorunleke said, “Although Kogi State is much safer than it ever was because of the commitment of Governor Yahaya Bello to issues of security, we cannot take anything for granted. So, the presence of the military in our community is a welcome development and we welcome them. That is why I am here to donate this token on behalf of my leader, the Governor.

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“I also wish to appeal to the military commander here to extend this exercise to other areas of the LGA where we need security cover. I am certain that by the end of this exercise, our domain would be far safer.”

In his reaction, the Commander of the operation, Major US Agbo, appreciated the government’s efforts, urging the public to always provide actionable intelligence on security threats in their communities for the operation to be as to be successful.

He promised that no part of the local government area would be left unattended to before the end of the operation.

Food items such as bags of rice, tubers of yam, a cow and cash were presented in support of the tireless effort of the security agencies towards making the area safe for living.