The minister of defence, Gen. Aliyu Gusau (rtd), has said that Nigeria was ‘under siege’, and called for collective effort in the fight against terrorism and insurgency in the country.
Gusau made the call at the graduation dinner/award night for Course 22 Participants of the National Defence College, (NDC) in Abuja.
“It is not just government and security services that are in the war, it is our country that is under siege.
“It is our war and war can only be won if we keep a united front, while we are concerned about our present we should also think of our future.
“The current challenges in some part of the country remind us that military might alone is not enough to ensure peace,’’ he added.
Gusau, however, said that military power was essential to ensure stability without which it would be impossible to build and sustain peace.
The minister said without the support of the people, especially the locals, the unseen enemies in an insurgency would retain the perception that they had the upper hand.
He added that the armed forces required the total and unequivocal support of generality of Nigerians for their actions to remain legitimate.
On training, Gusau said government was focused on renewed collaboration with the NDC to ensure that senior officers of the military were properly trained to enable them face the challenge of terror.
“To you the graduating participants, I have cause to believe that you have all earned the right to be conferred with the qualification of Fellow of Defence College (FDC),’’ he said.
Meanwhile Nigerian troops have successfully flushed out the terrorists that have been terrorising some communities in Borno State in an operation that lasted 40 hours.
This was made known by the Defence Headquarters on its Blog yesterday with a promise to give the details later.
“Special Forces in the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign have cleared Delwa,Mustafari, Manga, Wanga and Damboa of terrorists who have beenrampaging in the communities.”
The special operation which began early in the week is meant to restore law and order to the area.
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