Army expansion: Security adviser seeks Special Forces status for new 5 Division

From Shafa’atu Suleiman, Sokoto

The special adviser to Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu on Security, Col. Ahmed Usman (retd), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to designate the newly created 5 Division Headquarters in Makurdi, Benue State, as a Special Forces Division, saying the move is critical to tackling worsening insecurity in the North-Central and across the country.

The retired…