By Abdulkareem Haruna
(Leadership Weekend Dec 19, 2015)Two weeks to the expiration of deadline given by the presidency to end Boko Haram insurgency, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters yesterday carried out a major shakeup of its commanders for more effective results.
The shakeup, according to a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Defence headquarters, Brigadier General Abubakar Rabeh, affects the Theater Command of Operation Lafiya Dole and Multinational Joint Task Force.
"The Defence headquarters has restructured the Operations Lafiya Dole in the North East and Multi-National Joint Task Force in N'Djamena, Chad to reposition them for more efficiency, effectiveness and combat readiness in the discharge of their assigned tasks of crushing the remnant of terrorists", the statement reads.
"Consequently, a new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole is Major General Hassan Umoru, who, until his appointment, was the General Officer Commanding, 3 Division Nigerian Army. Equally appointed is the Commander Multi-National Joint Task Force, Major General Lamidi Adeosun.
"Similarly, the Deputy Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole is now Major General Lucky Irabor. All the appointments are with immediate effect.
"The changes are part of the reorganisation by the Defence Headquarters in line with the force restructuring of its operations to attain the overall objectives of the Chief of Defence Staff.
"The aim of this new development is to restrategise and inject new tactics to the existing operational procedures with the aim of finally knocking out the terrorists who now devised means of hitting soft targets through suicide bombings and isolated attacks on remote villages".
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Kareem Haruna
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