Safe corridor: Nigerian military clears air on CDS’ remarks

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has dismissed arsenic misleading and distorted, claims circulating connected societal media concerning remarks by the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, connected the military’s deradicalisation initiative, Operation SAFE CORRIDOR.

This is contained successful a connection released connected Friday successful Abuja by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba.

Uba said that the viral narrative, peculiarly connected Facebook, falsely portrayed the Armed Forces of Nigeria, AFN, arsenic prioritising leniency for terrorists implicit justness for victims.

He noted that the station deliberately misrepresented the CDS’s remarks by taking them retired of context.

According to him, Operation SAFE CORRIDOR is not an amnesty programme, but a structured deradicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration inaugural designed strictly for surrendered, screened and low-risk erstwhile combatants.

“The programme is portion of a broad counter-insurgency model that integrates some kinetic and non-kinetic strategies,” helium said.

He explained that the CDS’s comments were made during a nonrecreational subject doctrine lecture, wherever helium emphasised planetary champion practices that combined rehabilitation efforts with su...