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Buratai tasks senior officers on halting insecurity

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has tasked senior military officers and operational commanders to brace up towards ending the menace of insecurity plaguing the country.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting between Buratai and the senior officers on Monday in Abuja.
Buratai said the meeting was a wake up call in the efforts to combat Boko Haram insurgency, North West banditry and myriad of other security challenges across the country.
He said the meeting focused on security matters and the need for commanders, officers and men to redouble their efforts and ensure that all security threats in the country were effectively checkmated.
Buratai directed all officers and men of the Nigerian Army to ensure that the charge given by President Muhammadu Buhari on security challenges across the country was fully implemented.
“The criminals and their collaborators and sponsors must be exposed, flushed out and destroyed.
“Already the Nigerian Army has commenced major reorganisation of her operations for optimal performance and all Commanders must lead the charge by being out in the field to effectively oversee the operations.”
Buratai warned that he wanted to see an all encompassing positive change in the Nigerian Army operations and the security situation in the country.
He warned that there was no time for complacency or excuses, adding that there would be no tolerance for shortcomings or failures in the effort to immediately reverse the security situation.
He assured Nigerian that the army would continue to collaborate with other security agencies to rid the country of all forms of insecurity.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting decided to hold the 2020 Nigerian Army Day Celebration in Katsina state during which a major exercise nicknamed ‘Exercise Sahel Sanity’ would be conducted.
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The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Osun State has raised concerns over the alleged recruitment of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the state’s Amotekun Corps, claiming it threatens the safety of opposition members.
In a statement issued on Friday, APM Chairman, Mr. Adewale Adebayo, criticized the recruitment process, alleging that non-PDP applicants were deliberately screened out. He warned that Amotekun, originally created to enhance security, was being turned into a political tool.
“We are disturbed by the protest by well-meaning Osun residents who applied but were deliberately excluded because they are not PDP members,” Adebayo stated.
He further alleged that over 1,000 PDP members had been recruited into the corps, describing it as an attempt to silence opposition voices. According to him, the recruitment exercise was merely a formality to cover up a pre-arranged selection process favoring ruling party members.
APM has called for the resignation of the Corps Commandant and Field Commandant of Amotekun, demanding an apology to the affected applicants and the people of the state. The party insisted that the security outfit must remain apolitical to maintain public trust.
Neither the Osun State Government nor the leadership of Amotekun has responded to the allegations as of the time of this report.
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