COAS Lt. Gen. T. Lagbaja
Insecurity: Army deploys 5,937 additional troops
Nigerian Army has announced the deployment of 5,937 newly graduated soldiers to combat banditry, cattle rustling, and other security challenges across the country.
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, made this known during the passing out parade for the 86 regular recruit intake of the Depot Nigeria Army in Zaria, Kaduna State.
The fresh recruits, according to Lagbaja, will form part of the solution to various security challenges, including insurgency in the north-east, banditry and cattle rustling in the north-west, farmers/herders clashes in the north-central, secessionist agitation and cultism in the south-east, and militancy and vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure in the south-south and south-west.
COAS emphasized that the soldiers will undergo post-depot training to master weapons and equipment, and assured of improved welfare packages to cater to their medical, recreational, and educational needs.
Lagbaja charged the soldiers to uphold the highest standards of discipline, loyalty, integrity, and dedication to duty, and not to disappoint the army and the country’s expectations.
In his Congratulatory message, the Army chief said that the life of a soldier was a life of sacrifice to his country, allegiance to defend and, if need be, sacrifice his life for the people.
“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.
“By becoming a soldier, one had accepted the highest call to duty any Nigerian could take-up,’’ he said.
He commended the commandant and instructors of Depot NA for the successful training and graduation of the recruits while assure them of adequate support.
