COAS Tasks Soldiers Of Personal Safety

The Chief of Army Staff COAS, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has advised officers and soldiers to ensure their personal safety and security at all times.

 Buratai, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Lt.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, gave the advice while addressing the personnel after the Army’s monthly route march on Friday in Abuja.

The army chief reminded soldiers that the last three months of the year were always challenging in terms of security and warned soldiers to be cautions of their movement.

He said, “I want to remind all of us about our personal security. This is very important because we all know what the last three months of the year used to be in terms of security.

“Just last week or thereabout, all of us are aware of how we lost one of our own, a lieutenant who just finished a course at Calabar and was on his way to his unit. Unfortunately, he was murdered inside Abuja here.

“That says a lot about how we take our personal security; know where you go, when you go and how you go to where ever you are going.

“On no account should you go to anywhere without letting anybody know where you are going. That is very important.

“When you are not on duty and you are out of uniform, be very careful with your movement.

“This is very important because if we as military men can be murdered in that way then you can imagine how those who are not uniform men will feel,” he said.

The army chief  also cautioned the officers and soldiers on the use of social media, urging them to be wary of the good, bad and ugly of the platform.

“We should be very careful about what we see, read and distribute or share as the case may be.

“You must subject whatever you read on social media to one form of interpretation or the other to ascertain whether it is true or it is something that is being conjured to raise tension.

The Army chief, however, urged the newly promoted officers and men to justify their promotion through hard work, professionalism and efficiency.

He said that army authorities recognised their hard works, sacrifices and contributions either at the staff and office level or in the field of operations.

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