Military to launch Operation Accord to battle farmers/cattle herdsmen clashes

THE Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin, has disclosed that the armed force is preparing to launch Operation Accord to tackle armed bandits in the recent spate of farmers and cattle herders’ clashes in the country.

He spoke in Abuja on Friday when he received the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).

Olonisakin said already, a committee set up by the DHQ has visited some flash points of recent clashes ‎in the country to access the situation while troops were being trained to operate in all terrains.‎

Tribune, July 15

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