The Nigerian Army is set to start its annual “Exercise CROCODILE SMILE”, which is traditionally conducted in the last quarter of the year.
This year’s “Exercise CROCODILE SMILE V1” is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December, 2020.
In a statement, Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa said the exercise was deliberately intended to be all encompassing to include cyber warfare exercises designed to identify, track and counter negative propaganda in the social media and across the cyberspace.
He said this was the first ever Cyberwarfare exercise to be conducted in the history of the African Armed Forces.
Musa further stated that the exercise would also include positive identification component aimed at identifying Boko Haram terrorists fleeing from the North East and other parts of the country as a result of the ongoing operations in the various theatres of operations especially in the Northeast, North Central and North Western parts of Nigeria.
He reassured all well-meaning Nigerians of Nigerian Army’s commitment to the sustenance of peace and security in Nigeria.
Musa urged members of the public for their support and understanding throughout the period of the exercise.
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