The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has inaugurated a student group to counter violent extremist and insurgency ideologies
Speaking at a one-day multi-sector conference in Maiduguri, Borno State, the CDS charged students, youths, and the civilian populace
He adviced them to take advantage of the social media space to counter ideologies promoting terrorism and criminalities thereby threatening the corporate existence of the nation.
General Musa also charged the youth to be non-combatant soldiers by ensuring intelligence-driven engagement with the troops of the Nigerian armed forces
The move is part of non-kinetic approach to conquering ideological-based terrorism in the North-East region.
The one-day conference is a follow-up to a previous meeting in which a project, Students Against Violent Extremism (SAVE 1&2) was launched for students of secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and youths in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States.
News Edited by Favour Owonibi