SPECIFIC TIMELINES, TEAM WORK, COMMITMENT, CRITICAL TO CURBING INSURGENCY – NEW SERVICE CHIEFS

Nigeria’s new service chiefs have vowed to consign the Boko Haram insurgency into the dustbin of history within shortest time. This they said as they took over the command of their various services.    

Speaking shortly after taking over at the Defence House, Abuja, from his predecessor, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, as the new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Abayomi Olonisakin unveiled an agenda aimed at bringing to an end the lingering onslaught being unleashed on the nation by the Boko Haram sect.

According to him, specific timelines would be set by the forces to be able cripple insurgency and give the nation a new lease of life, describing insurgency as one of the greatest challenges facing the nation, the new CDS vowed that no effort would be spared in confronting the monster and putting it into the dustbin of history.

He also stressed that beyond the raging insurgency in the Northeast, the spate of armed banditry, militancy, kidnapping and other vices that threaten Nigeria’s security and impinge negatively on the economy of the nation would be frontally addressed.

To defeat the enemy and put the nation at rest, the CDS revealed that Defence Headquarters would henceforth provide the needed leadership, direction and coordination of the military efforts.

Same ceremony took place at the Army Headquarters where outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, handed over the command to his successor, Major General Tanko Buratai. At the Naval Headquarters, former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Jibrin Usman, handed over to his successor, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, while Air Marshall Adesola Amosu handed over to Air Vice Marshal Sadiq Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff.