more training to battle Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the country, Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah said on Sunday 6 July.
Minimah who made this known at the Inter-Denominational Church Service held at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church, Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja, said that the military will put an end to terrorism in the country, adding that, collective effort was required to win the fight against terrorism.
The service which was to mark the 2014 Nigerian Army Day Celebration, NADCEL, themed: “Combating Current National Security Challenges through Collective Effort”.
“We are going through troubled times, but they will soon come to an end, and we shall be glad at the end. I promise you it will come to an end and we will be victorious,” the army chief said.
“The war against terrorism is a collective effort of all Nigerians and I appeal to all Nigerians to join hands in fighting this new war of terrorism.”
Lt.-Gen. Minimah thanked Nigerians for their perseverance despite a deadly spell of terror by extremist group, Boko Haram.
“I also appeal to them (Nigerians) that terrorism is a new warfare. It requires time and patience for us to defeat it. I am very much optimistic that we will deliver. We will win the war. What we have in the North-East will certainly come to an end soon.”
“Our job is to continue to protect and preserve the unity of this country and making it stable for prosperity. Our job is also to uphold our constitutional role, which is to defend the country’s territorial integrity from insurgency and external aggression, and provide aid to civil authority. That, we will continue to do,” he noted.
Using the Niger-Delta, Abia and Benue States as examples, Minimah said peace had returned to these places and everywhere there were peaceful.
He said the army would prevail over insurgents as it used to be in the past, saying they would win the war against terrorism.
He however said the army decided to have a low-key celebration for NADCEL 2014 because of the current security challenges facing the country.
“A man does not celebrate his birthday if he is bereaved. He has to just mark his birthday. I want to salute the gallantry of our troops, who have paid the supreme price in the course of defending their fatherland. These officers and soldiers had died in their duty posts and we will not forget them.”
In his sermon, Reverend Dawuk Danfulani, Director Army Chaplain (Protestant), said Nigerians must unite to faithfully seek God’s support if they were to end terrorism.
“If a person is pulling down the system that is supposed to stand, you have the right to expose him or her. If we condemn collectively and expose evil-doers, they will be afraid to do evil.”
Source:PM News
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