Nigeria: We Need Help As Bandits Use Explosive Devices For Operations, COAS Tells UN Rep

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has sought help from the United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism, to tackle increasing threats in the country as he said bandits have morphed their methodology and now use explosive devices in their operations.

Lagbaja made this known on Thursday when he received the Under Secretary General, United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov in his office in Abuja. The COAS who expressed the willingness of the military to partner with the UN said that bandits now use improvised explosive devices like the terrorists’ groups.