CDS appeals to Jos residents to report suspicious acts, movements
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, has appealed to residents of Jos, Plateau, to report to the nearest security agency all suspicious acts or movements capable of disrupting the peace.
Director, Defence Information, Colonel Mohammed Yerimamade the appeal at a news briefing by the Joint Security Information Managers on the current security situation in the country.
The Joint Security Information Managers Committee was inaugurated by the CDS to jointly update the public on the security situation in the country.
The committee is made up of spokespersons of the armed forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force) and other security organisations in Nigeria such as the Police, SSS, and NIA.
He said the CDS further appealed to Jos citizens to stop forthwith any act of vengeance or taking laws into their hands.
He affirmed that the security operatives on ground, including the military are poised more than ever before, to bring about law and order in the state, while assuring that the operatives must adhere strictly to the rules of engagement.
The CDS has beefed up Special Task Force in Plateau State to 1,200 strength and appointed Maj.-Gen Oluwaseun Oshinowo as its Commander.”
According to Yerima, the Nigerian Police has in its bid to fulfill its mandate, beefed up its strength in the Special Task Force with an additional 2000 Police Mobile Force.
He said the additional personnel were drawn from various squadrons across the country.
He said the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps had also beefed up the force with 100 men while the Department of State Security Service had deployed more operatives.
On the North-Eastern flank in Borno State specifically, the Special Task Force ‘Operation Restore Order’ is also enhancing strategy to curtail terrorist activities through increased intelligence gathering.
The man power of the task force has also been beefed up along with those of other security agencies in the state.
Yerima announced the dismissal of Private Jaduwa Thlama by the Nigerian Army Authority.
Thlama, was one of the soldiers found culpable in the kidnapping of Pa Michael Obi, father of Nigerian national team and Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi.
He has since been handed over to the police for prosecution.
According to the defense spokesman, Thlama’s accomplice, Sgt. Victor Essien, has been referred to a higher prosecuting authority, in line with Nigerian Army military ethics.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, has appealed to residents of Jos, Plateau, to report to the nearest security agency all suspicious acts or movements capable of disrupting the peace.
Director, Defence Information, Colonel Mohammed Yerimamade the appeal at a news briefing by the Joint Security Information Managers on the current security situation in the country.
The Joint Security Information Managers Committee was inaugurated by the CDS to jointly update the public on the security situation in the country.
The committee is made up of spokespersons of the armed forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force) and other security organisations in Nigeria such as the Police, SSS, and NIA.
He said the CDS further appealed to Jos citizens to stop forthwith any act of vengeance or taking laws into their hands.
He affirmed that the security operatives on ground, including the military are poised more than ever before, to bring about law and order in the state, while assuring that the operatives must adhere strictly to the rules of engagement.
The CDS has beefed up Special Task Force in Plateau State to 1,200 strength and appointed Maj.-Gen Oluwaseun Oshinowo as its Commander.”
According to Yerima, the Nigerian Police has in its bid to fulfill its mandate, beefed up its strength in the Special Task Force with an additional 2000 Police Mobile Force.
He said the additional personnel were drawn from various squadrons across the country.
He said the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps had also beefed up the force with 100 men while the Department of State Security Service had deployed more operatives.
On the North-Eastern flank in Borno State specifically, the Special Task Force ‘Operation Restore Order’ is also enhancing strategy to curtail terrorist activities through increased intelligence gathering.
The man power of the task force has also been beefed up along with those of other security agencies in the state.
Yerima announced the dismissal of Private Jaduwa Thlama by the Nigerian Army Authority.
Thlama, was one of the soldiers found culpable in the kidnapping of Pa Michael Obi, father of Nigerian national team and Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi.
He has since been handed over to the police for prosecution.
According to the defense spokesman, Thlama’s accomplice, Sgt. Victor Essien, has been referred to a higher prosecuting authority, in line with Nigerian Army military ethics.
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