The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru has renamed the counter-insurgency Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK).
Hadin Kai is a Hausa phrase which literally means “cooperation.”
Yerima disclosed that the development was premised on the fact that the Nigerian Army (NA) had made a lot of progress over the years and needed to re-align for better efficiency.
He said that changes would also affect the re-designation of the Army Super Camps to now reflect the nomenclature of the formations and units followed by the name of the locations they occupied.
The Army spokesperson also said the sub-units were redesigned as Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) followed by the name of their locations, adding that all the changes were with immediate effect.
According to him, the renaming fell in line with the COAS’s vision of having “a Nigerian Army that is repositioned to professionally defeat all adversaries in a joint environment.
“It is the belief of the COAS that the complete defeat of insurgency is a process that requires the participation of the entire nation using all elements of national power.
“He further gave assurance that the Nigerian Army under his leadership would continue to pursue the path of “jointness” in prosecuting the counterinsurgency war.”
