Gabriel Olonisakin, the immediate past chief of defence
staff (CDS), says while in office, he conducted a study which revealed that
bandits would invade forests.
While dealing with Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east,
the military, under his watch, had also been tasked with fighting bandits who
operate from forests in the north-west.
Speaking at a thanksgiving service held in his honour in Ode
Ekiti, his hometown in Gbonyin LGA, Ekiti state, the former defence chief said
the military adopted futuristic intelligence to address insecurity.
He said they identified 14 security challenges and developed strategies that bordered heavily on intelligence gathering to tackle such attacks.
“So, I encouraged the officers under me to add value
wherever they found themselves. And we always think outside the box, because if
you don’t do that, you might not add value and more importantly, to give the
system their best.
“That was why we were coming up with strategies on a monthly
basis to address the challenges we were facing on security threats, ranging
from terrorism, insurgency, to theft.
“We were also futuristic in our approach to address some of
the strategies. This invasion of our forests by bandits we are experiencing at
the moment, I saw it years back. I did a kind of study and I knew that our next
target was going to be the forests.
“We also made sure we encouraged a lot of research and
development in the army formation. So, we did our best for this nation in terms
of resolving this pathetic insecurity issue — that I can boldly say.”
Olonisakin, who was replaced by Lucky Irabor in January, had
earlier said, under his leadership, the military reclaimed all territories
controlled by Boko Haram.
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