Boko Haram: Nigerian Army Council Approves Establishment Of Special Ops Command
In its bid to meet up with the demands of countering the threat of terrorism in the country, the Nigerian Army has established a Special Operations Command following the approval of the Army Council – the highest decision-making organ of the army.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, who said that the command known as the Nigerian Army Special Operations Command was aimed at boosting the efforts being made to transform the Nigerian Army into a better fighting and modern force.
Ihejirika said only patriotic soldiers willing to face extreme danger in the overall interest of the country would be drafted to the newly established command.
According to the army chief, the activities of the command will depend largely on skills and human efforts rather than equipment, even as he noted that the establishment of such a special operations command would
make it easier, less difficult and expensive to carry out counter insurgency operations.
Ihejirika added that the US Government had also graciously approved some equipment and training assistance for the newly formed special command of the army.
He said, “I am glad to state that the formation of the Nigerian Army Special Operations Command which was recently approved by the Army Council is an important boost to our transformation efforts.
“A lot of the performance of the command will depend on skills and human efforts rather than equipment and what we are doing is creating a unit of highly patriotic Nigerians ready to make sacrifices in the face of extreme danger.
“Having the special operations command will make operations at the long run less cumbersome and expensive.
“We want a unit that will have the ability to shelve the grains from the wheat, to be more accurate in their target, therefore reducing the incidence of collateral damages”.
