Insecurity: DHQ Reviews Operation, Holds Joint Simulation Exercise

Insecurity: DHQ Reviews Operation, Holds Joint Simulation Exercise

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor on Wednesday, unveiled the Defence Headquarter (DHQ) joint simulation exercise and the review of ongoing Operation Whirl Punch.

PRNigeria reports that Operation Whirl Punch is a DHQ led operation that deals with the menace of banditry and terrorism in Kaduna and Niger States.

Irabor said professionalism remained the thrust of the Armed Forces in addressing the prevailing security challenges in the country.

He said the simulation exercise was designed to reshape and review the operation in a bid to enhance operational effectiveness of the military.

The CDS added that joint training was needed to contend with the current issues and reposition personnel to effectively address future threats to the nation.

According to him, professionalism is a process and every organization will have to continue to review its structure and setting in a bid to get better.

“For us in the armed forces, a lot of mileage has been covered, but I will also indicate that we still have so much more to cover.

“Since we operate within a geographic environment which is within our geographical space, the contending issues are far beyond those within our space.

“They also involve those that are global in nature, some are made, others, of course, are natural.

“But as members of the armed forces, it is necessary for us to sieve these issues and have them properly contextualised and get ready to plan contingencies to be able to redress them.

“At any point in time when the armed forces are called upon, there would not be any reason for any excuse for failures.

“Currently, the armed forces, as you know, is engaged in various theatres across the country.

“Dealing with issues that are more internal in nature, which at some point have had to involve the resources and the capacities of the armed forces”, he said.

Irabor disclosed that the armed forces looked forward to assisting other agencies to increase their capacity to respond to internal security challenges.

This, according to him, is to enable the military to focus more on issues that were traditionally its responsibilities.

He said it was a long term goal that the armed forces would continue to escalate in the interim, to sufficiently bring respite to the security environment.