Major General Waidi Shuaibu, Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, has said Northeast terrorists have been degraded, and avoiding confrontation with army troops.
Shuaibu revealed this during the opening of an Improvised Explosive Device, IEDs, awareness and detection training for the Civilian Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State.
According to him, the training was a proactive effort to prevent the terrorists IED from hindering troops’ freedom of action and freedom of movement of citizens.
The commander also stressed the need for a realistic training, assuring that the participants would be provided with requisite equipment to carry out their duties effectively at the end of the training.
“In view of this, the need for them to resort to IEDs cannot be over-emphasised.
“This training is tailored towards equipping participants with requisite skills and knowledge required to search, detect, identify and mark IEDs for their safety while on operations,” he said.
Speaking earlier, the Commander, 47 Engineering Brigade in Maiduguri, Brig.-Gen. AO Kazeem said the course was put up in line with the Theatre Commander’s intent of training members of the CJTF on IED awareness, search, identification and marking.
Kazeem also expressed gratitude to the Theatre Commander, for effectively and efficiently organizing the course with all the required resources.
