The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has announced plans to deploy 800 specially trained troops to tackle the country’s growing security challenges.
This move is part of the military’s efforts to build a professional and combat-ready force equipped to handle emerging threats.
According to Musa, the special forces have undergone rigorous training tailored to combat complex threats, including insurgency, terrorism, cyber warfare, and hybrid security threats.
“Sometime next week, we will be graduating the first 800 special forces team trained to face the challenges we are undergoing, and the training is very comprehensive,” he said.
The CDS emphasized the importance of deploying the special forces as a unified unit, rather than in detachments, to enhance their effectiveness.
“We have realised that deploying them in pieces also creates that weakness that we see. We will be deploying them together, a force that stays together that will understand each other,” he explained.
Musa highlighted the need for the military to understand the enemy they’re dealing with and prepare for emerging challenges.
“The enemy we are dealing with is someone who has nothing to lose. He lives, he dies, his guilt goes for him,” he said, emphasizing the importance of adaptive training.
The Defence Training Conference, where the announcement was made, aimed to foster synergy, enhance professionalism, and align training with the ever-evolving nature of conflict.
Musa stressed the importance of collaboration and cooperation among security agencies, saying, “There is a need for collaboration and cooperation of all services working together”.
