Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja has said that the insecurity in the South East region will soon be a thing of the past.
According to Lt-General Lagbaja, the Nigerian Army and other security agencies are working ceaselessly to address the insecurity in the region.
Lagbaja, through the Deputy Director Operations Army Headquarters, Brigadier General Gabriel Olufemi Esho, stated this on Thursday during a meeting with the House of Representative Ad-Hoc committee.
He stated that in July, the region recorded cases of kidnapping and attacks by criminals suspected to be elements of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.
The Army chief said: “The House of representative through its letter dated 3rd August 2023, requested that the Nigeria Army submit a memorandum to the ad-hoc committee to interface with relevant security agencies and stockholders in respect of incessant attacks of kidnappers, assassination and banditry and other criminal elements.
“It is pertinent to state the incidence of kidnapping in the southeast region, particularly in the second quarter of this year.
“Recently, efforts of the Nigerian army through its Division in conjunction with other security agencies has diminished the threat of kidnapping.”
