Army Begins Speacial Operations In Southeast, Southwest, South-south

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, will today, Monday 4th of October, 2021 inaugurate three new security exercises nationwide.

Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement released on Sunday, named the exercises as “Golden Dawn’’, “Enduring Peace’’ and “Still Water’’.

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He said this was to effectively check all forms of criminality and allow for free movement of persons as the Yuletide and end-of-year activities approached.

He said the COAS would symbolically launch all the exercises today at Ovie-Emene, Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, venue of “Exercise Golden Dawn’’.

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“The exercises will run concurrently at 2, 6, 81 and 82 Divisions Areas of Responsibilities (AOR) in the Southwest, South-South and Southeast regions, respectively.

“They’ll also be conducted at Headquarters Command Army Records, 401 Special Forces Brigade and Guards Brigade Areas of Responsibilities in the North-Central states of Kogi, Benue and the FCT, respectivel

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