Insecurity: GOC Calls For Constant Troops’ Training

Major-General Lawrence Fejokwu, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army, has restated the need to train and re-train troops as part of efforts to curb the security challenges facing the country.

Fejokwu spoke at the opening of a five-day training for Corporals and below at the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, according to a statement on Tuesday by Major Olaniyi Osoba, the Division’s spokesman.

The GOC noted that the current security challenges in Nigeria had necessitated sustained training as outlined in the “Nigerian Army Forecast of Events 2021″.

He listed the participating units in the competition as 9 Brigade, 35 Artillery Brigade and 81 Garrison.