The Multinational Joint Task Force MNJTF on Friday 26 May 2023 concluded a training for its troops on Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED).
The training which was organised by the EU and COGINTA held at Headquarters MNJTF in N'Djamena focused on basic tracking skills, intelligence gathering and identification of IED products in counter insurgency operations.
Chief Military Public Information Officer MNJTF, Lt Colonel Kamarudeen Adegoke made this known in a press statement made available to SpyeTV News in Nigeria that other aspects of the training included immediate survivability, IED placement and disposal techniques among others.
Lt Col Adegoke stated that the Force Commander Maj Gen GU Chibuisi who was represented at the closing ceremony by the Deputy Force Commander Brig Gen Assoualai Blama remarked that the efforts of the European Union towards confronting terrorists activities in the Lake Chad Basin region was commendable.
He added that the MNJTF acknowledged the importance of the training on IED to end the fight against the Insurgents. He noted that the terrorists resorted to the use of IED because they found it increasingly difficult to carry out attacks on troops.
He charged them to be on alert at all times in other to detect and defuse the devices when they encounter them in the course of performing their duties. Gen Assoualai expressed the appreciation of the MNJTF to the European Union for the training which he said will enhance the capabilities of the Force in the fight against terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin region.
Earlier, the representative of the European Union stated that the training was considered necessary following the increase in the use of IED by the terrorists.
He further stated that the objective of the training was to improve on the skills and techniques needed by the troops to counter improvised explosive devices in the field.
He enjoined the troops to use the knowledge acquired during the training to combat the threat of IEDs. Dignitaries at the ceremony included Chief of Cells, representatives of European Union and COGINTA.
Highlights of the event include presentation of certificates to the graduands, donation of magnetic detectors, visiere de protection and mirror protectors by the EU. The event was concluded with a group photograph.