Mogadishu Battalion has won the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Cadets Brigade inter-battalion shooting competition.
The competition was for Army cadets of 69 Regular Course.
The cadets competed in modified snap shooting and firing after stress and physical effort, modified fire and movement, modified deliberate shooting, moving target shooting and falling Plate.
The shooting competition was part of the series of events lined up before the cadets passing out parade and commissioning into the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
Major General Godwin Umelo, Director, Defence Research and Development Bureau, Defence Headquarters who presided over the ceremony at the NDA in Kaduna, described the competition as novel and mission oriented.
He explained that the intensity of the training suited the current security threats in the country.
Umelo noted that the set of officers being graduated and commissioned into the military by the NDA were highly disciplined and thorough bred, who are contributing to many successes in the fight against insecurity in the country.
He acknowledged the contributions of the NDA Council, headed by the Minister of Defence and the service chiefs for the quality training offered in the Academy.
“We are confident that with the crop of officers who are turning up from the Academy, soon we are going to sleep in the nearest future,” he stressed.
“As soldiers, your weapon is your life and best friend, to be alive, you must be prepared to shoot to kill using first round target hit. Note that if you fail to kill, you will be killed,“ he told the cadets.
Umelo congratulated the Mogadishu battalion for emerging winners of the shooting competition, while urging others to keep working hard.
Umelo thanked the Commandant for reinvigorating and modernising the Academy’s training based on current realities.
Earlier, NDA Commandant, Major General Ibrahim Yusuf said the competition was designed primarily to fit the current security challenges in Nigeria.
He disclosed that it was also designed to ensure that the cadets become skilful and efficient in weapon handling.
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