{"id":161892,"date":"2025-05-10T12:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/otti-urges-nigerias-armed-forces-to-use-intelligence-gathering-to-prevent-bandits-attacks"},"modified":"2025-05-10T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:19:17","slug":"otti-urges-nigerias-armed-forces-to-use-intelligence-gathering-to-prevent-bandits-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/otti-urges-nigerias-armed-forces-to-use-intelligence-gathering-to-prevent-bandits-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Otti urges Nigeria\u2019s armed forces to use intelligence gathering to prevent bandits\u2019 attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor, Alex Otti of Abia State has charged men of the Nigerian Army and other Armed Forces to pay attention to intelligence gathering in order to nip issues of insecurity in the bud.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Otti gave the charge on Friday while receiving a delegation of Course 47 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College of Nigeria, led by the Deputy Commandant and Director of Studies of the command, Rear Admiral Aniefok Uko.<\/p>\n<p>He said that if intelligence is deployed properly, Nigeria\u2019s security agencies would be able to nip criminality and insecurity in the bud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of times, if you pay attention to intelligence, you will be able to nip in the bud the majority of the cases before they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, pay attention to intelligence. It\u2019s good that this is what this course is about too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also held a strong view that security starts from intelligence. Thorough and well-put-together intelligence would always predict and sometimes put the forces in a state of readiness,\u201d Gov. Otti stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor described as interesting that Nigeria has foreign students coming to train in the country and said that it was a mark of confidence, adding that Nigeria has a disciplined and trained military.<\/p>\n<p>Otti further said that military men in Abia have worked diligently with his administration in eradicating crime and criminality in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier, the Deputy Commandant and Director of Studies of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College of Nigeria, Rear Admiral Aniefok Uko, said that students of Course 47 are in Abia as part of the senior course curriculum called the environmental study tour of the Nigerian Army, with the theme \u201cHarnessing Grassroots Intelligence for Enhanced Internal Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor, Alex Otti of Abia State has charged men of the Nigerian Army and other Armed Forces to pay attention to intelligence gathering in order to nip issues of insecurity in the bud. 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