The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has approved the renaming of the ongoing Counter insurgency Operation in the North East from Operation Lafiya Dole to Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK).
A statement by the Director of Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima indicates that it is premised on the fact that the Nigerian Army has made a lot of progress over the years and needs to re-align for better efficiency.
This also affected the re-designation of the Army Super Camps which now reflect the nomenclature of the formations and units followed by the name of the locations they occupy while sub-units are redesigned as Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) followed by the name of their locations. All these changes are with immediate effect.
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The renaming is in line with the vision of having “A Nigerian Army that is Repositioned to Professionally Defeat all Adversaries in a Joint Environment”.
It is the belief of the COAS that the complete defeat of insurgency is a process that requires the participation of the entire nation using all elements of national power. He further assured that the Army under his leadership will continue to pursue the path of jointness in prosecuting the counter-insurgency war.
Editor : Paul Akhagbemhe
