Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, the Chief of Defence Staff, says the country?will?overcome the current security challenges and come out stronger and more united.
Petinrin made the observation while fielding questions from newsmen in Barkin Ladi, Plateau, after inaugurating a free medical healthcare scheme?in the area.
He said the security challenges in the Plateau were?still there, “as some?Nigerians who do not want peace are?still all over the place”.
“Whatever their agenda may be or whatever they call themselves, what I can assure you is that?Nigerians have always overcome?such challenges and?they will surely overcome this one too.”
The CDS said, “the healthcare programme was to bring the different communities in Plateau together so that “they can interact better and live together in unity”.
He said that there would always be problems when people interact?with each other, but that such problems should?remain local.
“It is?to reduce such problems that we?are trying to encourage interaction and bring people and the?various communities to work together.”
“We?believe that through this interaction, they will understand each other better and the problems in the state will keep reducing.
“From what I have seen, there is?substantial improvement; people?now?go about their normal businesses and nobody is disturbing anyone.”
He said it was sad that?at the end of last year, some people attempted to cause trouble by planting bombs in certain places, but they failed.???
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