Chief of Army Staff Orders Month-long Operation to Clear Bandit Strongholds in Kwara and Niger

Date: 2025-04-24

Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede has ordered the Nigerian Army to eradicate bandit groups terrorising Baruten and Kaiama Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kwara State and Borgu in Kainji Forest, Niger State, within one month.

Addressing troops at the 22nd Armoured Brigade's Sobi Cantonment in Ilorin, Kwara State, General Oluyede emphasized that the military would not permit the North-Eastern insurgency to spread to the North-Central region.

He emphasised the Army's responsibility to protect Nigeria's territorial integrity, saying, "No single part of the territory will be allowed to be taken over by insurgents in any form - whether as bandits, Boko Haram, or by any other name."

While inspecting the military guard of honour, Oluyede declared, "I'm giving you one month from now to recover all territory in Baruten, Kaiama, and areas in the Kainji forest. These must be restored to Nigeria's territorial integrity."

He insisted that bandits must be flushed out of the region within the timeframe.

"All of you have promised to fight and recover whatever the insurgents might have taken from the country, and I believe you will keep that promise," he said.

Oluyede explained that he was touring the country to ensure national security, stressing that "The country is facing some challenges, and we must push the insurgents out. In the next one month, I don't want to see any of the insurgents within our borders again," he said.

The Chief of Army Staff also pledged improved welfare for troops, including better feeding, uniforms, education, and medical support.

"I want to see soldiers become good medical doctors, engineers, and other professionals. We've begun interventions like providing 100,000 units of uniforms monthly and allocating ?1bn monthly for soldiers' feeding. We've also improved accommodation facilities", he noted.

Recall that a group identified as Mahmuda recently emerged in Kaiama and Baruten LGAs of Kwara State, while seven persons were killed on Monday in Ilesha Baruba, Baruten LGA, by a yet-to-be-identified group.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Government House     Valsolar     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     SWAN     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Hausa     Igbomina     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Habeeb Saidu     Orisa Bridge     Oloje     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Abatemi Usman     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Abdulwaheed Musa     Lanre Issa Onilu     Kale Kawu     New Model Police Station     Seni Saraki     Oye Tinuoye     Orisun Igbomina     Age AbdulKareem     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Lola Olabayo     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Ebola     Asa LGEA School     Olatunde Michaels     Yemi Osinbajo     Abdulkadir Orire     Quareeb     Alaro     Offa Descendants Union     College Of Health     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Firdaos Amasa     Modibbo Kawu     Afonja Descendants Union     Sulaiman Gado     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     General Hospital, Offa     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Kwara University Of Education     First Lady     Abiodun Oyedepo     Agboola Babatunde     Donatus Ejidike     Isa Aremu     Ilorin Emirate     Tunji Ajanaku     11th Galadima     Ilorin Durbar     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Adaramaja     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Idris Garuba     National Party Of Nigeria     Bisi Kristien     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Frootify     Elerin Of Adanla     Baaziki Sulaiman     Rapheal Ashaolu     Obuh     Wahab Egbewole     Kale Bayero     Minimum Wage     Oja-Oba    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

SSA Youth Engagement     Memunat Monsuma     Raji AbdulRasaq     Kwara North     Towoju     Bayo Ojo     Modupe Oluwole     Hussein Olokooba     Illyasu Abdullahi     Umaru Saro     Col. Taiwo     Abioye Bello     Umar Gunu     Musa Yeketi     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Bankole Omisore     TESCOM     Kunbi Titiloye     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Laduba     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Bolaji Abdullahi     Agbarere     Mohammed Ibrahim     Yahaya Muhammad     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Oni Adebayo     New Model Police Station     Lanre Olosunde     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Musbau A. Akanji     JSSCE     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Henry Makinwa     Saeedat Aliyu     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kumbi Titiloye     Clara Nwachukwu     Olatunde Jare     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Senate Presidency     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Tunji Moronfoye     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Kamaldeen Gambari     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Ojo Fadumila     Lawal Jimoh     Bello Abubakar     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Sarakite     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Ramadan     Gwanara     Shuaibu Yaman     Ashiru     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ilesha-Baruba     Isiaka Danmeromu     Bio Ibrahim     Kwara Pdp     Sunday Otokiti     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     CLAY POT     Egbejila     Paul Odama     Kwara State University Of Education     HICA     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     NIPR     Ridwan Agboola     Abubakar Baba     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Oke-Ogun     Rotimi Atere