Army launches exercise Golden Dawn in South-East
In view of the rising security challenges in the South-East zone, the Nigerian Army, on Monday flagged-off ‘Exercise Golden Dawn’.
The new military operation was flagged-off by the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, who was on a visit to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu.
The Army Chief said similar exercises took off simultaneously in other zones of the country, noting that they were borne out of the need to combat emerging security challenges.
He said while Exercise Golden Dawn is for the South-East, South-South and parts of South West will experience Exercise Still Waters, while parts of the North Central and the FCT, will have Exercise Enduring Peace.
Exercise Enduring Peace will be conducted in Kogi, Benue and Nasarawa States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory,” he disclosed.
He said the exercise would be to combat criminal activities, stressing, “the exercise would be to confront various security challenges in the country, the prevailing security challenges in the South.
Exercise Golden Dawn will checkmate the menace kidnapping, attack on government structures and security agencies, assassinations, among others in the South-East.
“Similarly, Exercise Enduring Peace will stem the tide of kidnapping, farmer/herdsmen conflict, checkmate influx of migrant terrorists and all other issues in the North Central geopolitical zones.
