Why Military Has Operation Atilogwu Udo In S’East -Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, has given reasons why the Military Operation exercise Atilogwu Udo would be holding in the South East from November.
Buratai who spoke in Enugu during a summit on civil-media-military relations said the exercise is meant to sharpen the operations of men of the military and also help curb crime during the Yuletide.
The Chief of Army Staff who was represented by Chief of training and operations, Major General EO Udoh said, “The exercise is meant to sharpen the operations of our men and also curb crime which goes up during the Yuletide.
“This summit is held in line with our desire to keep members of the public informed with information on military activities, exercises and operations that are being routinely conducted in Nigeria and especially in the Southeast zone.
“This summit is to ensure that the media will be able to inform the people correctly especially on the operations of the military as it relates exercise Atilogwu udo 1.
“As you know, our brothers abroad dreaded coming home for Christmas for fear of kidnap before now. The height of it was in 2015, when lots of people were kidnapped during the Yuletide. This informed the reason for exercise Egwu eke.
“This exercise has been helping to curb kidnapping, abduction, robberies and other violent crimes, and allows ndi Igbo to come home and celebrate in peace and even invest,” Buratai said.
Director of Army public relations Col Sagir Musa,also corroborated the claims, saying the summit is intended to create a civil, media and military relationship and cause the media to orientate the people on what exercise Atilogwu Udo was about.