New 8 Division GOC Visits Birni Kebbi, Commends Kebbi Govt For Supporting Nigerian Army
The new GOC of the 8 Division , Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut has commended Kebbi State Government for supporting the army in its efforts to root out banditry and protect the country’s territorial integrity.
Governor Atiku Bagudu’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yahaya Sarki noted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com that Major General Godwin Mutkut said this during his visit to the Government House, Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday.
The new GOC, who is also the Northwest Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, was in Kebbi State for a familiarization tour of army formations under his command .
Godwin said he was in Kebbi state to see his soldiers, interact with them and encourage them to work hard to take Nigerian Army and Nigeria to greater heights.
Matkut urged the soldiers and officers of the command to be law-abiding and loyal to the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well its constitution.
‘I am here to see my soldiers because since I took over I have not been here. I want to see the soldiers and they see my face for them to see who they will work for and work with.
I want them to know my philosophy on how we are going to counter the menace of bandits in this part of the country’ Matkut said.
Ahead of the general election, he urged troops of the Nigerian Army to be non partisan.
In his remarks, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu while welcoming the new GOC also appealed to the army to sustain their operations to root out bandits out of some villages in the Southern part of the state .
The governor, who was represented by his Deputy, retired Col. Sama’ila Yombe-Dabai, said: ‘I want to use this opportunity to quickly put forward our request in respect of the security situation in the Northwest and Kebbi State in particular.
Danko-Wasagu and Sakaba Local Governments have been long targeted areas, I am sure you must have been briefed by officers on the ground and considering also in the next few weeks, we will be facing election exercise in that terrain .
These are villages with large numbers of voters and if they are displaced we will be displaced too, I am sure with your presence we will have no problem’.
Bagudu appealed to the GOC to deploy standing patrol troops in strategic locations with a view to blocking routes being used by the bandits.
He observed that displaced persons were not ready to return to their respective homes due to fear of attacks, hence the need for the military to extend its helping hands to restore confidence in the minds of such people – Team@orientactualmags.com
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