Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has issued a stern warning to all officers and soldiers in the Nigerian Army to steer clear of politics.

Buratai, gave the warning on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of officers who underwent a Regimentation and Leadership training of the 64 RC and SSC 44 course at the 20 Infantry Battalion Serti, Taraba.

He charged the graduating officers to use the knowledge and experience acquired during their training to help in tackling the current security challenges in the country.

Buratai said the relevance of the just concluded course in their career as commissioned officers cannot be overemphasised.

He said it was pertinent to state that the recent gains of the Nigeria Army in the North-East and other internal security operations all over the country was expected to present the challenges of a growing rank of criminal elements and criminal activities.

Buratai said such challenges were characterised by kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, armed robbery and other act of terrorism, he noted while urging them to lead by example.

He spoke through Commander, Infantry Corps, Major-General Lamidi Adeosun, urged them to keep alive the knowledge acquired so they would give a good account of theirselves by adding value to the Nigeria Army in their respective capacities.

Earlier, the Commanding Officer of the twenty Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Anwar Abdullahi, said the two hundred and six graduating students who had earlier finished from the Nigeria Defence Academy were assembled in October twenty-seventeen.

He said the objectives of the course was to enhance the proficiency of the officers on weapon handling, marksmanship and shooting skills .

Others include regimentation, customs, ethics and tradition of Nigeria Army and Junior Leadership training among others.