Boko Haram: Over 20 Specialized Bomb Detective Dogs Deployed to North East

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt-Gen. Kenneth
Minimah
Senator Iroegbu in Abuja
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt-Gen. Kenneth
Minimah, has disclosed that over 20 dogs,
specially trained on explosives detection,
search and rescue operations and other areas
in counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency
have so far been deployed in various
operational theatres in the North East.
Minimah made this disclosure Wednesday when
he commissioned a newly constructed block of
Kernels for War Dogs at the Army Headquarters
Provost Dog Platoon, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua
Barracks, Abuja.
He noted that a Dog section was established
under his predecessor, Lt-Gen. Azubike
Ihejirika (rtd) in 2012 in order to enhance the
operational efficiency and effective of the
service in the fight against insurgency.
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