Nigerian Army Flag off Three Major End of Year Exercises

The Nigerian Army is set to Flagg off 3 end of year Excercise kniwn as Excercise 'GOLDEN DAWN, in the South east, ENDURING PEACE in the North Central and Exercise 'STILL WATERS in the Southern part of the the country.

While alerting the public on the upcoming Excercises, the Army Headquarters said the annual training exercises accross the country are in collaboration with Sister Services and other security agencies lasting from October to December 2023.

Briefing Journalist on the upcoming Training Exercises, the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said the exercises are meant to improve individual and collective professional competence of the troops which would dovetail into real time operations to tackle various security challenges in the geo-political zones.

He said the exercises are necesitated by the level of crimes which become more pronounced in the build up to the yuletide, when many citizens return home to celebrate and it will focus on enhancing the capabilities of the troops in intelligence gathering and effective, proactive response to criminalities.

According Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Exercise GOLDEN DAWN III to be conducted in the South East by the Nigerian Army is in concert with sister services aimed at tackling issues of armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, communal clashes and among other crimes peculiar to the area of responsibility.

Exercise ENDURING PEACE III which according to the Army spokesman will be in the North-Central, is primarily to address farmer-header conflicts, cattle rustling, banditry, kidnapping, ethno-religious conflicts and terrorism among others.

While Exercise STILL WATERS III, taking place in the Southern region of the country will target the menace of cultism, robbery and kidnapping while also seeking to address the challenges of pipeline vandalism among other forms of economic sabotage.

"The exercise which will focus on securing critical infrastructures, the troops would be trained on advanced surveillance techniques, rapid response tactics and the use of technology to effectively counter pipeline vandalism.