LAGOS—Following various terrorists attacks by the Boko Haram sect, leading to the death of scores of innocent Nigerians and the new trend of destroying telecommunication masts in the Northern parts of the country, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, has given the nation’s security apparatus a pass mark, saying those alleging insecurity were way off the mark.
Speaking in Lagos while commissioning the Joint Maritime Security Training Centre in Ojo, the CDS said: “Those saying Nigeria is insecure or emphasising insecurity in the nation should know that in a country of 36 states, if there are skirmishes or trouble in four or five states, and the security agencies are tackling it, it is a misunderstanding of the situation to say there is insecurity in the country.
“I know there are certain states having problems of security challenges. You can name them: Borno, Yobe, partially Adamawa and Bauchi and a few incursions into Kano. You cannot because of this conclude that there is insecurity in the entire country.
“We have 36 states and Abuja and if we go by statistics, the fact that you have stable security in over 30 states out of the 36 states, tells you the nation is adequately secured.”
On the Joint Training Centre, the CDS noted that it was initiated by the government of the United Kingdom as part of her military training assistance to the Nigerian government, and that it is aimed at capacity building for Nigerian security personnel in maritime security as well as littoral and riverine operations.
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