Army Establishes Media Centre In Maiduguri

As part of its drive for proper information dissemination in the counter-insurgency operation in the northeast,  the  Nigerian Army has set up  a media centre for  the operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The Centre which was commissioned  by  GOC of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Lamidi Adeosun on behalf of the theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Yusha’u Mahmud Abubakar, said the establishment of the media centre in Maiduguri underscores the importance of the media in the on-going war against the insurgency in the country and the North- East region.
Maj. Gen. Adeosun explained that the  military has gained tremendously  from media reports on its activities in the troubled region hence the need to take the relationship to the next level especially in the last lap of the operation. He said the centre will attend  to  media 24/7  on the activities of the Army in the North-East region, specifically the counter-insurgency operation. He added that the media is very key  to the success of the operation in the troubled region and would not want to deprive them of all needed information. He called on all  media practitioners to always contact  the centre for needed clarifications on the activities of the military concerning Operation Lafiya Dole.