Army ready to block foreign jihadists from entering Nigeria – COAS

Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has declared that the Nigerian Army is afloat prepared to halt immoderate effort by overseas extremist groups to infiltrate the country.

Speaking on Sunday at the expansive finale of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration, NADCEL, 2026 successful Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Shaibu addressed concerns implicit the expanding activities of overseas jihadist groups astir Nigeria’s borders, according to counter-insurgency work Zagazola Makama.

He said the worsening information concern crossed the Sahel portion calls for greater vigilance and sustained subject preparedness to antagonistic emerging threats.

The Army main explained that governmental instability successful neighbouring countries has heightened the anticipation of terrorists crossing into Nigeria, noting that information agencies person already identified informing signs of specified movements on the nation’s borders.

Drawing from the Nigerian Army’s agelong past of defending the state during the World Wars, the Nigerian Civil War and determination peacekeeping missions, Shaibu expressed assurance successful the military’s quality to respond efficaciously to immoderate caller information challenge.

“Despite the analyzable information environment, the Army remains focused connected its law responsibilities of protecting the country’s territorial integrity, defending citizens and supporting civilian authorit...