Army Alone Can’t Solve Nigeria’s Security Problems – COAS

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Wednesday
said only the land forces in the military can not contain enormous
security challenges ravaging the country.

The COAS stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to his
counterpart at Air Force, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal
Oladayo Amao, at the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, Abuja.

According to him, the war against insurgency and armed banditry
cannot be won by a single Service but rather, through a synergistic
approach.

He added that the centrality of air power to the success of the
ongoing fight against insurgency, armed banditry and other forms of
criminality in the country is very key.

”The earlier we all recognized that no Service can do it alone,
the better for us as an armed forces and a Nation to surmount the
current security challenges,” the COAS said.

The COAS stressed that he has always been an advocate of air
power employment as a critical requirement of a fighting force
having witnessed its formidable influence in various theatres of
operations.

On his part, the CAS, Amao congratulated the COAS on his
appointment and urged him to sustain synergy of efforts by the
Nigerian Army and the NAF, in conjunction with other security
agencies to rid the country of all criminal activities.

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Wednesday
said only the land forces in the military can not contain enormous
security challenges ravaging the country.

The COAS stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to his
counterpart at Air Force, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal
Oladayo Amao, at the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, Abuja.

According to him, the war against insurgency and armed banditry
cannot be won by a single Service but rather, through a synergistic
approach.

He added that the centrality of air power to the success of the
ongoing fight against insurgency, armed banditry and other forms of
criminality in the country is very key.

”The earlier we all recognized that no Service can do it alone,
the better for us as an armed forces and a Nation to surmount the
current security challenges,” the COAS said.

The COAS stressed that he has always been an advocate of air
power employment as a critical requirement of a fighting force
having witnessed its formidable influence in various theatres of
operations.

On his part, the CAS, Amao congratulated the COAS on his
appointment and urged him to sustain synergy of efforts by the
Nigerian Army and the NAF, in conjunction with other security
agencies to rid the country of all criminal activities.