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The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, says the military has up-scaled the use of hard and soft power in counter-insurgency operations to contain emerging and changing nature of adversaries.<\/p>\n
The CDS said this while delivering a lecture titled, \u2018Non-Kinetic Operations and the Nigerian Armed Forces\u2019, at the opening of a national security course on \u2018Psychological Operations and Strategic Communication (PSYOPS)\u2019, on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n
The course was organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) with the theme, \u2018Winning Hearts and Minds for National Cohesion and Development\u2019.<\/p>\n
Represented by Rear Admiral Daupreye Matthew, Director of Training, Defence Headquarters, the CDS stated that the use of non-kinetic efforts under Operation Safe Corridor resulted in the surrender of more than 2,000 Boko Haran members between 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n
He said 67 per cent of those who surrendered belonged to Abubakar Shekau faction of the insurgents.<\/p>\n
He added that 1,543 repentant terrorists graduated from Mallam Sidi Camp in Gombe State, while 1,935 others were released from Bulumkutu Camp in Borno, between 2016 and 2022.<\/p>\n
According to the CDS, from July 2021 to May 4, 2022 alone, 51,828 terrorists and their family members surrendered, out of which 13,360 were fighters.<\/p>\n
Musa said 106,000 terrorists and their family members had so far surrendered in the North East.<\/p>\n
The defence chief, however, asked for an assessment and content analysis of the security policies, as well as legal and operational frameworks.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Undiandeye, said that the 5-day programme was organized to strengthen security experts\u2019 understanding of the dynamics of psychological operations and strategic communication.<\/p>\n
He described psychological operation and strategic communication as an integral element of modern warfare.<\/p>\n
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