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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has asked military commanders to tackle looters who have been stealing public and private property across the country.
He gave the directive while addressing Principal Staff Officers, General Officers Commanding, and Field Commanders at a meeting held at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja, Monday,
He noted that the army commanders and their men must restore law and order immediately.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu had on Saturday ordered the immediate deployment of operational assets and resources to bring an end to wanton violence, killings, looting, and destruction of public and private property.
He directed his officers and men to reclaim the public space from criminal elements masquerading as protesters in some parts of the country.
Despite the IGP’s directive, violence occasioned by thievery continued unabated in many states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with security experts saying something urgent must be done to stem the tide.
Sequel to this, the Army Chief has waded in. He said that “there must be no room for disloyalty amongst all officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army” even as he denied allegations that his officers were supporting the miscreants in perpetrating arson, vandalism, and looting of public and private property going on in many cities.
“No less than 10 AK-47 rifles have been lost to these miscreants in the past two weeks across the country with attendant loss of lives of the personnel,” Colonel Sagir Musa quoted the COAS, hence the need to clampdown on them.
