President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian Armed Forces to confront terrorists and wipe them off the face of the earth.
The president gave the order at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State Thursday while addressing military officers at the graduation ceremony of 247 students of the Senior Course 44 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC).
He said the last 12 years had been very challenging for Nigeria considering the different security threats that have besieged the country.
“Most of the security challenges facing the world today are both asymmetric and trans-border in nature, involving mainly non-state actors in different regions and sub-regions of the world. The West African sub-region and indeed our beloved continent of Africa are not immune to these threats.
“We have witnessed recent terrorist attacks in Nigeria bearing the hallmark of national and trans-border insurgents trying to cause havoc in Nigeria as well as in neighbouring countries.
“It will be part of your duty to confront these terrorists and insurgents and wipe them off the face of the earth and bring peace to our countries.”
