The Nigerian Army on Saturday, said it is set to start its annual Exercise CROCODILE SMILE which is traditionally conducted in the last quarter of the year.
A statement from Army spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, said this year’s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE V1 is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020.
The Heritage Times reports that the previous exercises were carried out in the South-Eastern part of the country, arguably coinciding with agitations by pro-Biafra groups in the region.
This year’s novel nationwide exercise is coming at a time when youth and celebrities are on the streets of major cities in protest over police brutality.
The army statement said the Exercise is deliberately intended to be all-encompassing to include cyber warfare exercises designed to identify, track and counter negative propaganda in the social media and across the cyberspace.
It said this is the first-ever Cyberwarfare exercise to be conducted in the history of the African Armed Forces.
The army said the exercise will also include positive identification component aimed at identifying Boko Haram terrorists fleeing from the North East and other parts of the country as a result of the ongoing operations in the various theatres of operations especially in the Northeast, North Central and North Western parts of Nigeria.
The Army reassured well-meaning Nigerians of its commitment to the sustenance of peace and security in Nigeria and solicited the support and understanding of members of the public throughout the period of the exercise.
