Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Nigeria Army to do more in intelligence gathering and synergy with other security agencies in order to tame terrorism and other forms of insecurity bedeviling the country.
According to him, the war against terrorism is intelligence-driven, saying that the army needed to gather information and process them into actionable intelligence for the conduct of their operations.
Buhari said this at the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Abuja on Monday.
The president who was represented by the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, however, urged the Nigerian Army to remain apolitical.
He added that while some equipment procured are now being delivered, others would arrive within the shortest possible time.
The Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya, said the lack of the needed vehicles and weapons for the operations affected the morale of the troops.
