By Linus Aleke

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, said that people always expect the military to perform magic.

General Musa said this while, welcoming the Governor of Niger State, Rt Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago, who paid a courtesy visit to him at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), in Abuja.

In a statement signed by Group Captain OO Ademosu, on behalf of the Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, noted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN), is fully aware of the security situation across the federation but there is no magic wan to tackling them.

The Defence Chief, said, the Armed Forces of Nigeria remain strong, committed and steadfast in the discharge of its constitutional mandates.

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General Musa further added that the AFN need to support Niger State in order to attract meaningful development.

He also acknowledged the support of the state government towards the military and assured the governor of the AFN readiness to put everything humanly possible to assist Niger State.

General Musa, also congratulated the governor on his electoral victory.

Earlier, the Executive Governor of Niger State, Rt Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago, congratulated the CDS for his deserved appointment and subsequent promotion by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The governor who claimed that Niger State has the largest land mass in Nigeria, also added that the state is very close to Abuja.

The Governor said that the ungoverned spaces in Niger State, calls for security concerns, even when it is the next door neighbor to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the seat of power in Nigeria.

He therefore, asked for further corporation of the Armed Forces to help residents of Niger State leave in a peaceful environment.