Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has pledged his commitment to tackling the prevailing security challenges in some parts of the country.
He disclosed that the military is implementing the presidential order to reduce the influence and activities of criminals across the country, as many bandits, terrorists and other criminals had “already been sent to God to go and answer for their crimes.”
Lt.-Gen. Yahaya spoke after President Muhammadu Buhari decorated him with his new rank at the State House in Abuja.
The COAS also thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for having faith in him.
He said: “I want to most sincerely appreciate the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces for the confidence reposed in me and now being decorated Lieutenant General., and Chief of Army Staff.
“We are already getting successes and we will leverage on that including our experience in this job and by the grace of God we will get there.”
On his message to bandits and other criminals elements undermining national security, given the President’s directive that they be treated in the language they understand, Lt.-Gen. Yahaya said: “That’s what we have started doing already and many of them have been sent to God to go and answer for their crimes. And we will continue to do that.”
