The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the Army has engaged in spiritual warfare to counter Boko Haram propaganda.
Buratai, represented by Brig.-Gen. Timothy Olowomeye, the Director Civil Military Affairs, stated this at the 2019 Chaplains annual Training Conference and Retreat on Tuesday in Sokoto State.
“We were involved in a joint seminar on Spiritual Warfare as an effective means against insurgency and other forms of restiveness.
“Boko Haram and the likes cannot be defeated by kinetic military warfare alone.
“Finding appropriate counter-narratives against these violent extremist sects will immensely be a big push towards eradicating their negative activities in Nigeria,” he said.
Buratai said Nigeria and the world at large are grappling with the harsh reality of restiveness mostly shrouded in religious, economic and political undertones.
“These tendencies have caused disorder and wanton destruction of lives and property of many innocent citizens who have continued to look unto the government for solace.
Source: Punch Newspaper
