The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has said bandits operating in the North West and North Central regions of the country were adopting some of the tactics of terrorists.
He said this was evident in their usage of the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which were aimed at sending shivers down the spines of law-abiding citizens.
The army chief spoke while receiving the Under Secretary General, United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, in his office in Abuja on Thursday.
Lagbaja said the service was ready to collaborate with the organisation to restore peace to troubled parts of the country.
“We are open to working with the UN. Combatting terrorism requires both an offensive and constructive approach. The Nigerian Army has been engaged In the fight against terror in the North East and presently we are engaged in banditry who have employed some of the tactics of the terrorists such as the use of improvised explosive devices to instill fear in the minds of law-abiding citizens.
“We are poised and ready to cooperate with critical partners especially the UN office for counter-terrorism. The Nigerian Army is not only focusing on the offensive approach, we know that no matter how long we conduct our kinetic operations, we need to bring in the non-kinetic approach to bear in other to have a stable environment.”
The army chief also sought the help of the United Nations in the program of reintegrating deradicalized repentant terrorists.
“The Nigerian Army through our efforts over the years has brought repentant terrorists to our holding facilities. We are looking forward to the support of the UN and even other organs of the UN on the DDR programme. ”
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