President Muhammadu Buhari says
the country has recorded tremendous progress in degrading Boko Haram
insurgents.
Buhari made the claim while
inaugurating 111 cadets into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) as pilot officers at
the NAF base in Kaduna.
The president who was represented
by Abayomi Olonisakin, chief of defence staff, said those trying to destabilise
the country have been frustrated.
He asked the newly commissioned
officers to confront “our common enemies” using new tactics.
“The armed forces of Nigeria has
recorded tremendous progress in degrading the capacity of Boko Haram terrorist
thereby securing the territorial integrity of the country,” the president said.
“In this regard, the ambition of
our detractors to destabilize the country is being frustrated even as they
continue to attack soft targets, carry out hit and run attacks on isolated
military formations and utilise social media propaganda to disseminate fake
news.
“I therefore challenge you as
newly commissioned officers coming on board at this digital era, to brace up
for these new tactics of our common enemies.”
Buhari said in the past four
years, the air force has reactivated grounded aircraft, inducted new fleet and
could still meet up “sufficiently with the administrative and welfare needs of
its personnel.”
“You are being commissioned at a
time when Nigeria is tackling security challenges of terrorism, insurgency,
kidnapping, armed banditry, communal clashes, cultism, militancy,
herdsmen-farmers clashes and other security challenges across our country,” he
said.
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