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Nigerian Army Inducts Eight Locally Made Combat Vehicles

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The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has announced that the Nigerian Army has inducted eight new units of indigenously produced combat vehicles Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected {MRAP}, also called “Ezugwu” into Operations Lafiya Dole and Sahel Sanity. 

During the inauguration of the combat vehicles in Kaduna, Buratai  noted that new equipment which was manufactured by the Command Engineering Depot, Kaduna and designed specifically to withstand improvised explosive device attacks and ambushes will aid the military in its operations against bandits and Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist war in the North East.

 A Smart Factory also called Additive Manufacturing Technology, Vehicles Assembly shop and Officers/Soldiers accommodation at Command Engineering Depot (CED) was also commissioned by Buratai who was represented at the event by Commandant Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Jamil Sarham. 

“the combat vehicles have significantly improved our capability to defeat our common adversary, boko haram and the islamic state of west africa province.

“induction of the vehicles is a clear testament to the unprecedented commitment of the nigerian army to building industrial capacity of the ced to undertake in-depth research, development and innovation (rdi).

“today, one of the greatest challenges facing the armed forces of nigeria (afn) and other security agencies is an outright reliance on importation of defence logistics from allies.

“accordingly, president muhammadu buhari posits that nigeria’s dependence on other countries for critical military equipment is unacceptable, the country must evolve (a) viable mechanism for near self-sufficiency in military equipment and logistics production.”




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