Amid continuing deterioration of worsening insecurity, the Nigerian Army has explained why it is playing catch-up with bandits, Boko Haram, and ISWAP terrorists


Specifically, the army stated that the federal government did not train its soldiers to fight asymmetric warfare.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, however, disclosed that the armed forces were developing new capabilities essential in tackling the security challenges across the country.

Mr Irabo stated this Wednesday night at a dinner held in honour of officers of the Senior Course 43 of Command and Staff College Jaji, Kaduna.

“Our involvement in containing asymmetric security threats in the past few years has highlighted the need to acquire new operational capability of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to deal with emergent threats.

“As you are aware, asymmetric warfare encourages the use of non-traditional military tactics, for which our previous training and operational doctrines were not well suited.

“Accordingly, we are developing new capabilities in intelligence and surveillance, which are critical for staying ahead of terrorists and insurgents, and other criminal elements in the society,” he said.

He explained that the use of Special Forces Units had proved to be critical in asymmetric warfare because of several unique capabilities it could bring into combat.

The CDS further noted that the armed forces would continue to review their training curriculum to accommodate new platforms, maintaining that their involvement in managing internal crises required a complex interplay of factors that military and security practitioners needed to focus on.

He pointed out that a major determinant in winning an asymmetric war was for troops to understand the dynamics that defined the crises to make decisions effectively.

The participants of Senior Course 43 underwent 11 months of training at the college.

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But they are trained to kill unarmed protesters and oppress civilians abi?

Hahahahah they are trained to fight IPOB and unarmed protesters

What a Country. Beast of a Nation. It shall never be well with Luggard and co who joined us together with the North

Then allow your Boko Haram superiors train you now

They are trained to bully civilians.

But they were trained to kill unarmed and peaceful civilian protesters, right?

And by the time you wake up in 2023, Nigeria is gone.
Continue.

They are trained only to kill civilians?

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Yeah!!! They are trained to kill IPOB, Biafra, and Oduduwa agitators.

Of course!! They are only trained to kill defenseless Nigerians and harass innocent people. That’s why bandits and Boko Haram are killing them.


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Hear hear.


Oh....... they are trained to kill protesters.


Nonsense !

When you think you've seen it all these guys surprise you with another level of cluelessness....

Boko dem train for it abi

Many of you have comphrension issues.

Does this man know what assymetric warfare is? A warfare where the capabilities of the belligerent are at wife variance. Mumu. So army can't fight who Dem get power pass?

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But they are trained to kill unarmed demonstrators and oppress people abu

No where in the world would you see Military men handling internal security...

Nigerian Police, DSS and other agencies have failed that's why Military stepped in

Another incompetent general just show up Buhari is making a great mistake in his appointment.

Yes. It's the Police that are so trained. POLICE are for INTERNAL SECURITY CONTROL. ARMY FOR EXTERNAL AND THAT IS WHY EVERY ONE IS ASKING FOR FULL AUTONOMOUS STATE POLICING RESOURCING AND ELECTIONEERING CONTROL. THE MILITARY MUST CONCENTRATE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE MILITARY FUNCTIONS.

Yeah but trained to killed peaceful Nigerians while recycling these killers as repented, deradicalized and rehabilitated terrorists.So you have been commiting a crime with the ones you have inadvertently killed. What cluelessness &irresponsibile statement from a CDS.

Nigerian army is not trained to expose BH terrorists sponsors nor fight BH terrorists.But "a repentant BH terrorist member can even become the president in Nigeria" according to Maj.Gen.Biu? No wonder Isah Pantami and Shiehk Gumi are confidently going about their terrorist activities.What an irony

Yes. It's the Police that are so trained. POLICE are for INTERNAL SECURITY CONTROL. ARMY FOR EXTERNAL AND THAT IS WHY EVERY ONE IS ASKING FOR FULL AUTONOMOUS STATE POLICING RESOURCING AND ELECTIONEERING CONTROL. THE MILITARY MUST CONCENTRATE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE MILITARY FUNCTIONS.

IT'S BMF-BOKOISWA HANDIWORK THAT THE MILITARY IS A SWAGGER SQUARE PLUGS IN ROUND HOLES IN NIGERIA.

Ooh yes, is true they were trained to kill innocent harmless citizens, mother fuckers!

We all know they were trained to harass and kill unarmed protesters and civilians