Kaduna killings: Army to launch another massive operation, discloses new action for south-east
- 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.
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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 year also.”
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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.
In related news, Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai, on Thursday, January 12, commended the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, for its professionalism and dedication to duty especially within the embattled northeastern region.
NTA reports, that the governor made the commendation when he paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai at the Army Headquarters in Abuja.
He said that if not for the timely intervention of the Army, the problem of the insecurity in the Southern part of Kaduna State could have been worst.