{"id":197014,"date":"2026-03-18T19:49:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cds-urges-borno-yobe-residents-to-fight-terrorism"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:58:16","slug":"cds-urges-borno-yobe-residents-to-fight-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-urges-borno-yobe-residents-to-fight-terrorism","title":{"rendered":"CDS Urges Borno Yobe Residents to Fight Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Olufemi Oluyede, has raised fresh concerns over internal complicity in the protracted insurgency in the North-East, urging residents of Borno and Yobe to take ownership of the fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Oluyede made this call after a high-level security meeting in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>His call signals a strategic shift in emphasis from purely kinetic military operations to community-driven counterinsurgency, as Nigeria battles the enduring threat posed by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, which lasted about four hours, brought together top military commanders, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar and other top military officials.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, intelligence reports indicate that many of those responsible for attacks over the past 15 years originate from the same communities bearing the brunt of the violence.<\/p>\n<p>This assertion reinforces long-standing concerns within security circles that local knowledge terrain familiarity, social networks, and community cover has continued to provide operational advantages to insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>The CDS cited a recent example in Kukawa, where troops discovered wounded terrorists hiding within the community during post-attack clearance operations, pointing to the challenge of distinguishing between civilians and collaborators.<\/p>\n<p>Oluyede disclosed that the Nigerian military is adapting, including the deployment of advanced drone systems to enhance surveillance, targeting, and battlefield coordination.<\/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. The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Olufemi Oluyede, has raised fresh concerns over internal complicity in the protracted insurgency in the North-East, urging residents of Borno and Yobe to take ownership of the fight against terrorism. Oluyede made this call after a high-level security meeting in Maiduguri. 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