Commandant of     the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, (AFCSC) Jaji, Air Vice Marshal Suleiman Abubakar Dambo, has charged young military officers undergoing tactics grilling in  military training institutions in the country to brace themselves for tougher tasks brought about by new and choking internal security challenges.

AVM Dambo said development of tough mental and psychological attributes are required especially in decimating the insurgents in the North East and defeating the renewed militancy in the Niger Delta.

They are also required in tackling the menace of kidnapping and cattle rustling in order to promote peaceful co-existence and national development.

The Commandant spoke at the weekend when 10 International Military Officers from Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Cameroon, Rwanda, Niger, Togo, Liberia, Gambia, Benin Republic and Botswana.

They were among 174 officers, graduated at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College.

Emphasizing the importance of training in the armed forces, especially at this critical time in the nation’s history when the military is intensifying its efforts in the fight against terrorism and insurgency, AVM Dambo maintained that AFCSC will remain unrelenting in its efforts at imparting good, responsive and qualitative training to student officers in order to develop their leadership qualities.

“In our quest to better understand the concept of unconventional warfare, the college sent four (4) teams comprising directors, chief instructors and members of directing staff to staff colleges in

Colombia, Pakistan, the Philippines’ and Sri-Lanka.

“The visit to these countries enabled the college to learn from their experiences in dealing with the menace of terrorism and insurgency” adding, “it is hoped that the knowledge gained from these countries as well as experiences in the north east and Niger Delta will further guide the college in its curriculum review.