The Nigerian Army and the Police will soon carry out joint operations in crisis areas such as the North East, the Niger Delta, the North West and others.
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, made the disclosure when he led the leadership of the Army to pay a courtesy call on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, in Abuja on Monday.
He assured that the Army and the Police would ensure internal security operations in all the states of the federation.
He said, “I know the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian police have been working together for a very long time.
“And once we are together, I want to say that we are going to have a very secure and indeed a very peaceful country.
“We have been performing internal security operations, virtually, in all the states.
“And we really need to come together and synergise more than ever before at this very trying period especially during the series of communal crisis, the issue in the Niger Delta and indeed the North East and the farmers-herdsmen clashes in the North West.”
Buratai called for inclusion of policemen in some of the special military operations in some parts of the country.
In his remark, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said the idea of a joint operation was important as it would enhance relationship between the services.
He assured that the police was working to reopen the police training facility in Gwoza, Borno State, vandalized Boko Haram.
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