Terrorism: We’ll change our tactics—CDS

As the nation continues to grapple with the menace of insecurity and terrorism, the Chief of Defence Staff(CDS), General Chris Musa, has stated that Nigeria’s military is set to change its mode of operations.

 

He said they’ll adopt both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches and intensify effort in tackling insecurity acts across the country.

 

He made this known on Friday when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House.

 

Gen. Musa also assured the people of Kaduna state that Operation Safe Haven will be expanded in Southern Kaduna to cover Birnin Gwari, Zangon Kataf, Sanga, Kaura and Giwa as requested by the Governor, added that some gaps have been observed and they would soon be closed to stop terrorists from operating freely.

 

“We are going to expand Operation Safe Haven in Southern Kaduna and Birnin Gwari areas, what we are doing is that we had a meeting with task force leaders and theatre commanders to get more robust and more result-oriented approach.

 

“We are changing the mode of operation from what it used to be it would now be both kinetic and non-kinetic. We observed that there are some gaps, so we are going to close them down because closing them down will make it difficult for the terrorists to move around and operate freely, which would ensure that the people of Kaduna have peace of mind.

 

“Everyone needs to come together and take ownership as we take the fight to the terrorists those who are smart among them will realise that it’s time for them to surrender, but for others who want to be stubborn, we would flush them out of Nigeria. We don’t want to flush them from one state to the other, we want to send them out of our country.

 

“We are going through challenging times economic and security, but if you don’t go through challenges, you may not discover who you are. I know we are going to come out stronger.

 

” What we are going through is momentary; we would soon find peace. It’s just a matter of time before we would come out with success. Please don’t relent, we will overcome,” the CDS said.

 

In his own remarks, the state Governor, Uba Sani extolled the virtues of the CDS, noting that he is a man of valour who has thrived and succeeded on all the assignments handed over to him.

 

“We are excited about your appointment; your outstanding career is a source of pride and inspiration to us. You are one of the most successful theatre commanders, and you left an indelible mark in the North-east. You adopted a kinetic and non-kinetic approach and achieved a huge success.

 

“We want to appeal for a prolonged stay of the special forces and for the expansion of Operation Safe Haven in Southern Kaduna to Kafanchan, Zangon Kataf, Kaura, Sanga, Birnin Gwari, Giwa areas to restrict bandits from using our state as a refuge.

 

Gen. Musa is someone we have trust in even within governor’s circle we have confidence that the issue of insecurity in Nigeria would soon be history because of what he did in the North-east. When I was sworn in, our son of the soil had just been appointed as the Chief of Defence staff, who has done much in fighting terrorism.

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