PLATEAU KILLINGS: TROOPS TO ENGAGE ARMED BANDITS WITH AGGRESSIVE COMBATS
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burutai has commanded troops of ‘Operation Safe Haven’ to engage employ high pressure in their combat against armed bandits and some other unlawful elements in Plateau State.
Burutai who gave the charge during a demonstration by the forces newly inducted into the operation at Riyom Local Government Area of the state.
“The Operation Safe Haven should not remain in deterrent position, but you must also be aggressive and deal with any criminal activities, especially those that are bent on disturbing the peace, killing and maiming people. “You are not here to protect any ethnic or religious group; we are dealing with criminals, we are interested in criminal elements and they must be deal with decisively,’’ he said.
He further told the troops be awareof the fact they were not in the state to protect any ethnic or religious group. He said there were there to deal with criminals and they should therefore be interested in dealing decisively with criminal elements in the state and nothing else.
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