We Are Battle Ready to Defend Nigeria Against External Aggression – Ihejirika

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General
Azubuike Ihejirika has reiterated Army’s
commitment to protecting the nation against
external aggression, stating that the Army is
still alive in the fight against terrorism and
other internal security challenges.
The Army Chief stated this yesterday after
test-firing some of the refurbished Artillery’s
armoured war vehicles at the end of one
week Combat Support Arms Training
(COSAT), held at the Nigerian Army School of
Artillery (NASA), Kachia.
According to the COAS, “Earlier, we witnessed a demonstration by counter terrorism unit,
which is geared towards fighting internal security threat.
What we have watched now is a bigger thing, because, in spite of our involvement in fighting
internal security threat, we are not losing sight of the fact that our primary responsibility is
the defence of Nigeria against external aggression.
“What we have just demonstrated here is that we are ever ready to defend the country. All
the weapons fired were refurbished by the Nigerian Army’s electrical and mechanical
engineers after so many years of redundancy. We have test-fired them and they meet the
global standard expected”, said the Army Chief.
He however, reassured of his office’s commitment towards encouraging research and
innovations by the various formations of the Army, especially the Signal and Engineering
Corps towards improving the efforts of the Nigeria Armyd