The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on Saturday vowed that the Military will step up its fight against insecurity in the country.
Oluyede made this known at a media chat in Akure, the ccspital of Ondo State, organised by the Department of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigerian Army Headquarters.
At the media chat, the COAS was represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Div., Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Maj. Gen. Obinna Onubogu.
According to him, President Bola Tinubu has given the order to go after perpetrators of killings in Benue, Plateau, and in other parts of the country.
He said Nigeria is a vast country but doesn’t have people everywhere to monitor everything – hence, called for a stronger collaboration between the masses and the military.
In his words, “We are out, fully deployed and tackling the menace head-on. In Benue particularly, you will see in the coming weeks, very elaborate security arrangements to ensure that all that is going on there completely stops.
“Communities and local stakeholders should support military operations by sharing timely intelligence.
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“The Army cannot be everywhere at once. Nigeria is a vast country but we are not as large in number as many people believe.
“We rely heavily on the support and cooperation of the local population to provide timely and credible information.
“In some cases, unfortunately, the people are not very helpful in terms of the information they give out, which delays our reaction time. That must change if we are to win this fight together.”
He also urged the media against sharing misonformstions, calling for the verification of facts before they get published on social media.
He said the military is “satisfied with the support we’ve received from the media so far and we hope to deepen that synergy to ensure national security is not undermined by sensational reporting”.
(NAN)
