The House of Representatives has told Major -Gen. Farouk
Yahaya, the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, COAS, that Nigeria has been
besieged by insecurity.
The House told Yahaya to end the threats of insurgency,
banditry and other security challenges in Nigeria if confirmed by the National
Assembly.
The charges were handed down to Yahaya during his screening
and confirmation by the Joint House Committees on Defence and Army, chaired by
Babajimi Benson, representing Ikorodu federal constituency of Lagos State and
Abdulrazaq Namdas from Adamawa State.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Yahaya
to replace ex-COAS, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in May in a plane
crash in Kaduna State.
COAS reveals only solution to ending insurgency, banditry,
kidnapping, others
Benson, who spoke for the committees in his speech, also
told Yahaya that the war against insurgency in the northeast had cost the
country a lot of financial resources, with many lives lost.
“This exercise comes at a very challenging time in the
history of our dear country, Nigeria,“ Benson said.
“Our nation has been besieged by several security issues
across all the geo-political zones with banditry, militancy and
self-secessionists stretching our military to the extreme.
“The worst is the lingering insurgency in the North-East.
This war has cost the country a lot both financially and in terms of human
lives. This must stop.
“The Armed Forces of Nigeria needs to adopt innovative
measures to curb the killings and wanton destruction of property as a result of
these cases of insecurity.
“I, therefore, hope that, if confirmed, the new Chief of
Army Staff will do everything possible, working with other service chiefs, to
bring this to an end.“
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