Commandant denies ‘intelligence failure’ report

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A statement by the college public relations officer, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammed Dole, said the commandant did not make the comments attributed to him in a story published in the Daily Trust of yesterday.  

The statement said "the commandant did not make such comments during or after the visit" by members of the House of Representatives Committee on Defence.

Dole said the commandant "used the opportunity of the visit to brief the honourable members only on 2011 capital projects executed by the college. The Commandant, by the level of his professional training and experience, is in the best position and very conversant with the networking of security agencies on intelligence gathering.

"He is equally abreast with recent successes of the intelligence community in pre-empting the activities of the terrorists in the country.  Therefore such comments could not have been made by him (as reported).

"The college believes that the report is not only false, but is also aimed at causing disaffection, tarnishing the reputation of the college and bringing the person of the Commandant to disrepute.

"We wish to reiterate the total commitment of the College leadership in pursuing the professional training of the members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, other security agencies and sister African states to meet current security challenges."


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Daily Trust