The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has felicitated with gallant troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) and their families on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir.
In a statement signed by the Acting Director Defence Information,Brigadier General Tukur Ismaila Gusau, the CDS appreciated their selfless sacrifice, committment, doggedness and determination towards dislodging existential threats to the unity, security, stability and peace of the country.
He noted that the symbolic values and virtues of unflinching faith and total sacrifice which the Eid-el-Kabir festival exemplifies also hold true for the supreme sacrifices which its defiant and courageous soldiers continue to make in the face of challenges to the peace, unity and sovereignty of the nation.
The CDS assured of his unflinching support to officers and men of the Armed Forces as they continue to discarge their constitutional duties across the nation.
General Musa thanked the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his support to the Military and commitment towards repositiong the economy and reforms in the security sector.
He pledged unalloyed loyalty of the Armed Forces to the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
”Your trust and confidence in our Armed Forces as collective partners and stakeholders in securing our nation cannot be overemphasized. The security and stability of our nation is the sacred and collective responsibility of all Nigerians”, the CDS stated.