- The chief of army staff, Lt-Gen
Yusuf Buratai, says the Nigerian Army will launch a military exercise
in Southern Kaduna to restore peace in the troubled area
- Buratai discloses that the military exercise in the south-east code-named Operation Python Dance would be renamed
- Governor Nasir El-Rufai commends the army for its intervention in the southern part of Kaduna state
The army has said the military exercise to be launched in Southern Kaduna would be extended to Plateau and Kano states.
The
Nigerian Army has said it would launch Operation Kaunama 11 in Southern
Kaduna in a bid to completely restore peace in the troubled area.
The
chief of army staff, Lt-Gen Yusuf Buratai, made the disclosure when
fielding questions from reporters at the end of the security council
meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential
Villa, Abuja on Thursday, January 12, Vanguard reports.
Buratai also stated that the military exercise in the south-east code-named “Operation Python Dance” would be renamed.
He said the exercise in Southern Kaduna would be extended to Plateau and Kano states.
He said: “Our troops are
already in Southern Kaduna. We have our special forces operating there
along with all other security agencies and we intend also to have an
exercise very soon in Southern Kaduna to cover some part of Plateau and
indeed part of Kano State. So, it is part of our strategy for this year
to continue all the exercises we have had before.
“We will be having exercise Kunama 11 which will come into Southern Kaduna State and part of Plateau and Kano state.
“Crocodile
smile in the Niger Delta and indeed the Python dance, but we are going
to rename the Python Dance for the South East this .
The
security council meeting had in attendance the chief of defence state,
three service chiefs, and the inspector-general of police and the
director-general of department of state service.
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