From Dauda R PamMaiduguri
The Nigerian Army has concluded arrangements to commence its annual traditional exercise “CROCODILE SMILE”,scheduled for the last quarter of the year, between October 20-December 31,2020 nationwide.
The exercise which is traditionally conducted in the last quarter of the year,is 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.
According to a statement issued by,Acting Director,Army Public Relations,Col. Sagir Musa,said,this is the first ever Cyberwarfare exercise to be conducted in the history of the African Armed Forces and that the exercise is expected to 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 on-going operations in the various theatres especially in the Northeast, North Central and North Western parts of Nigeria.
The statement used the medium to once again, reassures all of the Nigerian Army’s commitment to the sustenance of peace and security in Nigeria and solicited for the support and understanding of members of the public through-out the period of the exercise.Ends.
