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The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has urged all Nigerians to learn combat skills to protect themselves in the face of danger.
General Musa gave this advice on Thursday when he appeared as a guest on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.
He likened the acquisition of combat skills to driving, swimming, and other essential survival skills.
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When asked whether he would advise Nigerians to learn combat skills for self-defence, General Musa said, “That one should be taken as learning driving, learning how to swim. Whether we have war or not, it is a survival instinct.
“In Europe, swimming is compulsory; [so is] Learning and teaching about security because you have to learn what security is.”
According to him, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, should train Nigerian graduates in unarmed combat skills for day-to-day survival against dark-hearted men.
The defence chief further explained that security is the responsibility of all Nigerians, even as he urged citizens to remain situationally aware of their surroundings to identify strange and suspicious individuals.
Following an ex-parte application that was filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, temporarily froze four Jaiz Bank accounts linked to the former Group Managing Director, GMD, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari.
Justice Emeka Nwite made the order after listening to counsel for the anti-graft agency, Ms. Ogechi Ujam, who informed the court that the accounts were linked to alleged fraud.
Even though the commission applied to the court for a 60-day freeze on the accounts, Justice Nwite limited the order’s tenure to 30 days, stressing that it could be renewed if necessary.
The EFCC informed the court that the temporary freezing order became necessary, considering that the accounts are the subject of an ongoing investigation in a case involving offences of conspiracy, abuse of office, and money laundering.
