Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar middle flanked by Officers and other dignitaries during Sallah luncheon on Wednesday 10/4/2024, at STF Headquarters, Jos.


The General Officer Commanding 3 Armored Division, Maxwell Kolbe Cantonment, Rukuba Barracks, Jos, Major Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, has charged men and officers of the Nigerian Army as well as other security agencies to remained discipline, loyal and vigilant in the course of discharging their constitutional mandate.

Major. Gen. Abubakar, who is commander Operation SAFE HAVEN, Task Force in charged of peace and security on the Plateau,and some parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States challenged personnel not to rest in their oars towards addressing peace and security in their areas of operation.

The Army Boss throw the challenged Wednesday during the 2024 Eid-el-Fitr
Sallah luncheon celebration and successful completion of Ramadan fasting in honor of men and officers of the Operation SAFE HAVEN

He said, It is with great pleasure, gratitude to the Almighty, that I heartily wish all our invited guests, officers, troops, operatives and personnel under command, as well as your families, a happy Eid-el-Fitr celebration for the year 2024."I pray that the joy of the season abides with you and your families.

"Your professionalism, courage, and determination to achieve our mandates, especially on the plateau, is worthy of note and highly appreciated.

"While I acknowledge and applaud your efforts, I urge you not to rest on your oars, but to remain focused in your task to consolidate the gains of all our recent achievements, we must intensify our efforts to completely eradicate all acts of isolated killings, kidnapping, farmers hurdles, clashes, cattle rustling, as well as cattle poisoning, farm destruction and ethno religious crisis, among all other forms of security of threats within our joint operations area.

"I want to reassure you once again that headquarters, Operations SAFE HAVEN, as well as both the army headquarters and the Defense headquarters, will do all that is necessary to provide you with the requisite leadership, welfare, and logistics to motivate you for effective and successful conduct of our operations.

The GOC encourage personnel to always remember their gallant departed colleagues who paid the ultimate sacrifice while discharging their duties.

"Specifically, last month alone, three of our colleagues were gruesomely murdered, two officers and one police inspector, while discharging their constitutional mandates between Mangu and Barkin-Ladi  local government areas.

"I have sworn not to rest until all those responsible are brought to justice.And thankfully, we have recovered their weapons and already arrested most of the perpetrators that are responsible.

"Like I always say, you can only run, you cannot hide and get you.We must all collectively ensure that the sacrifices of our departed colleagues will never be in vain.

"I charge you all to remain disciplined, loyal, vigilant, and professional in the conduct of our operations going forward," he maintained.