Nigerian Army Reads Riot Act to Rampaging Militias

The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Major General Chris Olukolade, has warned members of the public not to encourage illegality under the guise of operating militias, adding that once such groups are formed, they become difficult to control.
Olukolade condemned situations where militias turn wild and ambush troops on patrol. “Not just organise ambushes and kill soldiers, they also abduct them. And then soldiers are found, not just dead, but also mutilated. We should not encourage illegality in the name of promoting militias. We have seen other places where it was started; it becomes difficult to manage,” he said.
The DDI said this when he paid a one-day working visit to the 3 Armoured Division and stopped over at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Plateau State Council Secretariat Friday