Brig Gen SK Usman (rtd) delivering his paper

Erstwhile Director of Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Sani Kukasheka Usman (rtd) has suggested plausible ways forward in maximizing non-kinetic approach to counterterrorism and counterinsurgency efforts in Nigeria.

Gen Usman offered his perspectives at the just-concluded seminar on “Exploring New Approaches for Enhanced CTCOIN Operations in the Armed Forces of Nigeria” for students of Senior Staff Course 44/2022 of the prestigious Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, Kaduna State, at the famous Ihejirika Auditorium, Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna.


In his lecture titled “The Non-Kinetic Approach to Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency (CTCOIN) efforts: An Appraisal”, the former Army Spokesman critically examined the non-kinetic efforts in Nigeria’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency campaign and suggested ways forward.


The seminar had Air Commodore AK Famuyiwa, former Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force and a Directing Staff at the National Defence Staff College, Nigeria, as moderator and Group Captain PP Okwonkwo, Navy Captain SB Ayuba, and Colonel P Elayo, of the Department of Civil -Military Affairs (Army), Yusuf Mohammed, representative of the Director-General of the Department of State Services and Commandant SO Dan, representative of the Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), as discussants. Major General VO Ezugwu, Commander, Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army was the Special Guest of Honour at the very enriching seminar.

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