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| Air marshal Badeh |
CHIEF
of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh yesterday inaugurated
Nigeria’s first ever inter-agency civil-military cooperation community,
charging them to institutionalise respect for the rule of law during
internal security operations by the nation’s defence and security
agencies.
The inter-agency civil-military cooperation community is being
established by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the
European Union (EU), under its Instrument for Stability programme for
officers and men of the Nigerian military, police and State Security
Services for internalisation of international humanitarian law, law of
armed conflict and rules of engagement in low intensity conflict.
In the last few months, Nigerian defence and security have been
undergoing training on their compliance and standard best practices with
the provisions of international humanitarian and human rights laws
during military operations.
Inaugurating the inter agency community, Badeh regretted criticisms
against the military, saying it was because of the “misunderstandings
that lead to occasional fictions between the military and the civil
population particularly in relation to our participation in
counter-insurgency operations and other activities that bring us into
contact with the civil populace.”
He noted that “in today’s counter-insurgency operations against
non-state actors concealed amongst the populace, a robust civil-military
collaboration to win the hearts and minds of the populace is very
critical for any success to be achieved.”
He, therefore, urged Nigerians to appreciate, cooperate and support
the military as it goes about discharging its constitutional
responsibilities as “the Nigerian military is not the enemy of
Nigerians, rather, it is fighting against our collective enemies.”
Source:
Guardian Newspaper
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