The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has disclosed that the Nigeria Army (NA) plans to deploy the 5,937 soldiers to fight banditry, cattle rustling and related crimes nationwide. He made this known during the passing out parade for the 86 Regular Recruit intake of the Depot Nigeria Army in Zaria on Saturday. He said, “The fresh products passing out today will form part of the solutions to the challenge of insurgency in the North-East, banditry and cattle rustling in the North-West.
“They will fight the farmers/herders clashes in the North-Central, secessionist agitation and cultism in the South-East, militancy and vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure in the South—South and South-West.”
The COAS stated that training is a continuous process in the military and added that the NA has set up post-Depot training packages designed to aid soldiers to master variety of weapons and equipments which would enable them to be more efficient in the art of war.
He also congratulated the 5,937 recruits and said, “Sacrifice to go wherever you are ordered to, by land, sea or air; sacrifice to relegate personal comfort and assume duty to country as a primary concern.”