The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has assured that
government would put an end to terrorism in Nigeria and canvassed
collective support for the military in the fight.
Minimah said this on Sunday at the Inter-Denominational Church
Service held at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church,
Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja.
The service, which was to mark the 2014 Nigerian Army Day
Celebration (NADCEL), had the “Combating Current National Security
Challenges through Collective Effort’’.
“We are going through troubled times but they will soon come to an
end and we shall be glad at the end.
“I promise you it will come to an end and we will be victorious.
“The war against terrorism is a collective effort of all Nigerians and I
appeal to all Nigerians to join hands in fighting this new war of
terrorism.
“I want to thank Nigerians for standing by us, for their perseverance.
“I also appeal to them that terrorism is a new warfare. It requires time
and patience for us to defeat it.
“I am very much optimistic that we will deliver. We will win the war.
“What we have in the North-East will certainly come to an end soon.
“Our job is to continue to protect and preserve the unity of this
country and making it stable for prosperity.
“Our job is also to uphold our constitutional role, which is to defend
the country’s territorial integrity from insurgency and external
aggression, and provide aid to civil authority. That, we will continue
to do,’’ the Army chief said.
Using the Niger-Delta area, and Abia and Benue as instances,
Minimah said peace had returned to these places and everywhere
there were peaceful.
He said the army would prevail over insurgents as it used to be in the
past, saying they would win the war against terrorism.
Minimah said the army was acquiring new equipment, training its
personnel and providing welfare for the troops, all in a bid to end
terrorism.
He, however, said the army decided to have a low-key celebration for
NADCEL 2014 because of the current security challenges facing the
country.
“A man does not celebrate his birthday if he is bereaved. He has to
just mark his birthday.
“I want to salute the gallantry of our troops, who have paid the
supreme price in the course of defending their fatherland.
“These officers and soldiers had died in their duty posts and we will
not forget them.’’
In his sermon, Rev. Dawuk Danfulani, the Director, Army Chaplain
(Protestant), said Nigerians must unite to faithfully seek God’s
support if they were to end terrorism.
Danfulani urged all Nigerians to collectively condemn and expose evil
deeds in the society, even if the person perpetrating it was a close
relation.
“If a person is pulling down the system that is supposed to stand, you
have the right to expose him or her.
“If we condemn collectively and expose evil-doers, they will be afraid
to do evil.’’
Taking his text from the second book of Corinthians, chapter 2, verse
11, Danfulani said Nigerians should not be ignorant as children of
God.
“So, we should unite and fight these perpetrators of evil.
“As Nigerians, as Christians and as members of the Armed Forces,
since we have known the source of our problem, we should unite
spiritually to fight the enemy.
“We must patriotically defend what God has given us,and God will ask
us and punish us if we fail to defend it,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that prayers were offered
for the country, President Goodluck Jonathan, the Armed Forces and
deceased military officers and men.
The Nigerian Army, which celebrated its 151 years of existence, was
established in 1863.
However, the name Nigerian Army was first used 100 years later when
Nigeria became a republic in 1963.(NAN)
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/boko-haram-will-end-soon-chief-army-staff/

In his sermon, Rev. Dawuk Danfulani, the Director, Army Chaplain

(Protestant),

So northern christians also go by the name

DANFULANI

Can't wait for it to end oh!.......we are tired of hearing bh related news abeg.

Thunder fire you Sir!

Aamin su faya kun

The same way he promised to end BH some few months ago

With generals like the disgraced "General Bandit" still in the army, and wasting the lives of our gallant soldiers...I won't want to take his statements too serious...

idumuose:
(Protestant),

So northern christians also go by the name

DANFULANI

Some of dem retain their surnames after conversion

Boko haram should please continue to nail the political coffin of northern Muslims.

Whatever happens Nigeria cannot afford to return or remain an African level army. Nigeria needs a first world army it she hopes to achieve even half of what Nigerians seem to want. Think of what would happen to South Africa if South Africa had a poor military and wide open borders. Nigeria is South Africa in West Africa.

quid: Boko haram should please continue to nail the political coffin of northern Muslims.

At the extent of innocent lives?

victorVIC1:
At the extent of innocent lives?

I was being sarcastic.
But yes Boko activities will ensure permanent political sunset of northern nigeria

Sir