Nigerian Army has said that it would launch three training exercises across the country to forestall rising cases of criminality during the forthcoming Yuletide season, particularly in South-East, South-South, South-West, and North-Central parts of the country.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, while briefing journalists on Friday, said the exercises codenamed ‘GOLDEN DAWN III’ in the South-East, ‘ENDURING PEACE III’ in the North-Central, and ‘STILL WATERS III’ in the South-South and South-West, will be formally launched by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, at a later date.
He said the exercises were designed to improve individual and collective professional competence and would dovetail into real-time operations to tackle various peculiar security challenges in the affected geo-political zones.
He explained that Exercise GOLDEN DAWN III, taking place in the South-East, was aimed at tackling security challenges such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, communal clashes and sundry crimes “which become more pronounced in the build-up to the Yuletide, when many citizens return home to celebrate.”
General Nwachukwu said the exercise will focus on enhancing the capabilities of troops in intelligence gathering and effective and proactive response to criminalities.
“With the exercise, we aim to improve the security in the South-East and ensure safety of the populace during the period that will culminate in the yuletide,” he added.
