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President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 28,000 additional soldiers and 50,000 police officers as part of renewed efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and tackle rising insecurity across the country.
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Key Highlights
- Tinubu approves recruitment of 28,000 additional soldiers and 50,000 police officers.
- The approval is part of a proposed five-year strategic defence operations plan.
- Four new army divisions created; new army depots approved in Osogbo and Amasiri-Edda, with 6,000 recruit capacity each.
- 5,210 recruits are already training at the Osogbo depot.
- The APC Presidential Campaign Council, which announced the approvals, has not released application dates.
The approval is part of the federal government’s proposed five-year strategic defence operations plan, designed to expand military manpower, improve operational effectiveness and strengthen responses to terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Dele Alake.
According to the statement, the recruitment of additional soldiers is intended to strengthen military presence across operational areas and improve the armed forces’ capacity to respond to security threats.
“To further the manpower expansion drive, President Tinubu also approved recruiting an additional 28,000 soldiers to strengthen the military’s presence on the ground and enhance its operational effectiveness,” the statement said.
It added that the president had also approved the recruitment of 50,000 additional police officers to reinforce internal security, expand policing capacity and improve responses to criminal activities.
New army divisions and depots
Beyond the recruitment exercise, the council disclosed that Tinubu has created four new army divisions and restructured existing military formations to expand operational coverage and improve responses to security challenges.
The administration has also approved the establishment of two additional army depots in Osogbo, Osun State, and Amasiri-Edda, Ebonyi State, to increase military training capacity and accelerate the recruitment of soldiers.
According to the statement, the two facilities can accommodate 6,000 recruits each, providing a combined training capacity of 12,000 soldiers at a time.
It further disclosed that 5,210 recruits were already undergoing training at the Osogbo facility.
The council also highlighted investments in military accommodation and operational infrastructure, including a 700-unit barracks project in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
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Council’s claims on insurgency
On the fight against insurgency, the APC Presidential Campaign Council claimed that military operations across the country had resulted in the elimination of more than 15,000 Boko Haram terrorists and bandits over the past three years.
It also claimed that more than 130,000 Boko Haram fighters and their dependents had surrendered through Operation Safe Corridor, the Federal Government’s rehabilitation programme for repentant insurgents.
The council said the proposed five-year strategic defence operations plan would provide a long-term framework for aligning defence priorities, operational requirements, capability development and expenditure with the country’s security challenges.
It described the initiative as a major component of Tinubu’s efforts to reposition Nigeria’s security architecture through improved coordination, intelligence gathering, technology and preventive measures.
The council maintained that combining sustained military operations, increased manpower, modern technology and non-kinetic interventions would strengthen Nigeria’s capacity to address terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other security threats.
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