The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Monday said the military will continue to go after all adversaries until they surrender or are totally eliminated.
Musa said this in Jaji, Kaduna State to participants of Senior Course 46m Armed Forces Command and Staff College.
The CDS presented a paper titled: “Nigeria’s security and defence policies: my leadership concept for the Armed Forces of Nigeria.”
He said criminal elements who doubt the capability of the Armed Forces of Nigeria would not live to tell the story.
“Our adversaries must surrender or the Armed Forces will keep going after them,” he added.
Speaking specifically on the issue of banditry in the North West, Musa said the military would take them all out in a matter of time.
He further assured Nigerians that the current challenges of insecurity are surmountable, while restating the Armed Forces of Nigeria’s readiness and willingness to achieve success as a team.
The CDS said his leadership would be people-centred and based on synergy amongst the AFN to address the challenges of insecurity in Nigeria.
Musa however said in the course of addressing the challenges of insecurity in the country, the troops must protect the rights of individuals, communities and citizens, while working as a team.
He said: “The Armed Forces of Nigeria are people-oriented and will be there for the people to always feel their presence.
“For us to succeed, the people must be happy with what we are doing, and this is the centre of our concept.”
The CDS also stressed the imperative of synergy amongst the AFN, saying no single service can achieve success without the other.
Musa added: “Now, our operations are going to be joint, everybody will have a role to play, including the citizens we are protecting, members of the Armed Forces and the paramilitary.
“We want Nigeria to be peaceful and developed, we want every Nigerian to be proud of the country at any time and everywhere.”
General Musa therefore solicited the support and prayers of patriotic Nigerians for the Armed Forces to succeed in its mission.
“We want Nigerians’ prayers and support in terms of information, intelligence and report on our personnel who erred,” the CDS said.
