Tinubu launches five-year defence plan to end Nigeria’s 17-year insurgency

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President Bola Tinubu has unveiled a five-year strategic defence operations plan aimed at ending Nigeria’s 17-year security crisis, as ...

President Bola Tinubu has unveiled a five-year strategic defence operations plan aimed at ending Nigeria’s 17-year security crisis, as his administration claimed that military operations had eliminated more than 15,000 terrorists and bandits in the last three years.

The administration also disclosed that over 130,000 Boko Haram fighters and their dependants had surrendered under Operation Safe Corridor, the federal government’s rehabilitation programme for repentant insurgents.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, in a statement on Sunday by Dele Alake, its spokesperson, said the plan would reposition Nigeria’s security architecture through improved military capacity, intelligence gathering, modern technology and coordinated operations.

Alake said the initiative was a major component of Tinubu’s determination to tackle terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal activities threatening the country if re-elected in 2027.

He described the blueprint as “a long-term framework for aligning defence priorities, operational requirements, capability development, and expenditure with Nigeria’s current and anticipated security challenges.”

He said as part of the reforms, Tinubu has established four new Army divisions and approved two additional military training depots in Osogbo, Osun State, and Amasiri-Edda, Ebonyi State.

The APC campaign council said the facilities have a combined capacity to train 12,000 recruits at a time, with 5,210 currently undergoing training in Osogbo.

The statement said the President has also approved the recruitment of 28,000 additional soldiers and 50,000 police officers to strengthen military operations and internal security.

It said the administration is equally constructing a 700-unit military barracks in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, to improve personnel welfare and operational effectiveness.

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