Mutfwang urges army to treat Plateau attacks as combat operations

By Golok Nanmwa, JOS

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has urged the Nigerian Army to approach security challenges in Plateau and other parts of the country as combat operations against threats to national sovereignty rather than conventional peacekeeping missions.

Mutfwang made the call on Thursday during a farewell ceremony for the outgoing General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Division Nigerian Army and Commander of Operation Safe Haven, Major General Folusho Oyinlola, and the reception of his successor, Major General Williams Maxwell Dangana, in Jos.

The governor described the security situation in Plateau, the North-Central and other affected parts of Nigeria as an existential threat requiring a more decisive military response.

“My perspective on the security challenges in Nigeria is that our armed forces must see their duty not as a peacekeeping force but as protecting the sovereignty of Nigeria against enemies of the state. If we don’t look at it that way, we will be making a grave mistake,” he said.