Military’ll Do More To Restore Lasting Peace — CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has assured that the military will do more in order to restore lasting peace in the Lake Chad Basin.

He called for unity of purpose amongst the leaders and other critical actors to allow the Lake Chad region to flourish.

He made the call at the 5th meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Governors Forum in Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday.

In a statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, the CDS said he was at the meeting to further appreciate members for the support extended to the Armed Forces of Nigeria and the Multi-National Joint Task Force.

General Musa described the meeting of the governors as timely and pledged to do more in order to restore lasting peace in the Lake Chad region.

He reiterated the commitment of the Armed Forces to assist the governors to fully address security problems in the region.

Speaking further, the Nigeria Defence Chief said that he wished to see the Internally Displaced Persons returned to their homes and called for the fusion of the Kinetic and non- kinetic campaigns to winning the war against criminalities in the region so as to achieve appreciable result.

He called on all leaders of the region at all level to work in harmony in order to salvage security challenges.