By Evelyn Usman

Makurdi—A security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has advised personnel of intelligence units of Nigerian security agencies to focus on providing reliable warnings of impending terror attacks to save lives of citizens from incessant bombings, militant attacks among others.

FROM LEFT: CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF, AIR-MARSHAL SADIQUE ABUBARKAR; CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, GEN. ABAYOMI GABRIEL OLONISAKIN; VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO; PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI; CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT-GEN. TUKUR BURATAI AND CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, VICE-ADMIRAL IBOK ETE EKWE IBAS, AT THE DECORATION OF SERVICE CHIEFS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY (13/8/15).

Ekhomu, who spoke during the joint graduation ceremony of 77 intelligence officers at the Nigerian Air Force School of Air Intelligence, Makurdi, Benue State, noted that while intelligence gathering was necessary and important, robust intelligence analysis remained the cornerstone of good operational decision-making.

He stated that: “Since intelligence analysis was important in averting surprises by the enemy, clandestine operatives and intelligence analysts must redouble their efforts to prevent attacks by terrorists by uncovering their plans and plots by averting intelligence failures. You people worked very hard with high level concepts and were able to conquer.

”That denotes the quality of personnel and the quality of training that is available here in the Nigerian Air Force and most especially the passion that you have for service to the nation.”

In his remarks, Director of Air Intelligence, Air Vice Marshall Mohammed Usman, reminded the graduating intelligence Analysis Course Q1/2016 that the course was aimed at equipping them for higher intelligence operations, stating emphatically that intelligence analysis was the hub of intelligence operations”.

The Intelligence Chief urged the graduands of the Intermediate Intelligence Course, IIC, and the Basic Intelligence Course, BIC, to enhance the intelligence gathering efforts of the Nigerian Air Force.

He said that the current internal security situation in Nigeria had led to an “increased demand for organic intelligence gathering capabilities for the armed forces”.