Nigeria's defense chief calls for improved intelligence gathering

Nigeria's defense chief calls for improved intelligence gathering
Nigeria's Chief of Defense Staff , Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin has called on defense advisers and attaches to communicate intelligent information that would assist the West African country to curb the current security challenges.

Petinrin made the call on Friday in Abuja at the close of the 2011 Defense Advisers and Attaches Annual Conference, organized by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

"You are at the frontline because what we know is that all these terrorist organizations are involved with people outside the shores of this country," he said.

"So, we depend on you for timely intelligence, anything at all that looks useful ensure that we hear about. It is when we hear from various sections that we will be able to put up a good picture here," he added.

"So, you have a lot of responsibilities in this respect as this is our most serious challenge," the defense chief told his audience.

According to Petinrin, the advisers and attaches are the vanguard and any war against terrorism if not backed up by intelligence, the country will be fighting a very difficult and almost unwinning battles.

Editor: Mo Hong'e

English.news.cn   2011-11-19 18:36:44 FeedbackPrintRSS
ABUJA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua)