•Says troops are on red alert
•Roles out successes of troops in theatre of operations in two weeks
“The Nigeria Police Force is the lead Agency in the conduct of Elections but the Military and other sister security agencies will play supportive roles”
Ahead of the General Elections, the Military High Command on Thursday warned that the Armed Forces of Nigeria in collaboration with other security forces in the country would deal decisively with any act inimical to the successful conduct of the coming polls
Fielding questions during the bi-weekly briefing of Defence Correspondents in Abuja on the troop activities and operational successes being recorded in the various operational theatres within the Six geo-political zones of the Country in the past two weeks, Director, Directorate of Defence Media Operations, DDDI, Major Gen. Musa Danmadanmim assured that the Military as an institution would remain apolitical but would deal ruthlessly with any act that would be inimical to the smooth conduct of the polls nationwide.
He stated that in the past two weeks, both kinetic and non-kinetic operations were conducted in the various theatres of operations, with significant results recorded and that there was no cause for concern over the peaceful conduct of the Polls in any part of the country
According to him, “the Armed Forces Of Nigeria is on stand by, for the general Elections, there is no cause for concern, the CDS has stated this on several occasions, we will remain apolitical but will deal divisively with any unwanted behaviour, the rules of engagement are there, the code of conducts are being distributed to the troops
“The Nigeria Police Force is the lead Agency in the conduct of Elections but the Military and other sister security agencies will play supportive roles, and we are ready for the supportive roles, so, there is no cause for concern, as we speak now, we are conducting various operations in the perceived volite South East Zone to restore normalcy in the area as we did in the past after which peaceful Elections were held, the coming Elections will also hold in the area and so also in all the parts of the country”
He said that during the period under review, the troops neutralized scores of the members of the Boko Haram and the ISWAP fighters while a good number of the bandits and members of their families surrendered to the troops.
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