|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
Olufemi Oluyede, Lieutenant General and the Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has commended the local production of combat equipment by an indigenous company for the use of the military in their kinetic operations.
Oluyede gave the commendation while taking the delivery of the locally-produced All-Terrain Combat Vehicles at the 2025 COAS Bi-Annual Conference in Northeast recently held in Maiduguri, Borno State.
According to him, the vehicles were produced by the Vanquish Industries based in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria.
“From what see here today, this is a clear manifestation of what we can do in Nigeria. We connend the company. These vehicles will boost our operation and troops advancement into difficult areas. We will put them into judicious use, for the purpose they are meant to serve,” said the Army Staff.
The All-Terrain Combat Vehicles called Vanquisher is primarily to enhance infantry mobility, assisting Military troops to move into difficult terrain of operation according to
Zach Duwa, the Managing Director of Vanquish Industries Limited.
Built with Military grade materials, Duwa said the special operational vehicles are equipped with night vision technology, which allow troops to navigate even in the dark.
He explained that the vehicle can also accommodate other facility that boost troops’ efficiency and performances over their targets.
Duwa explained that the five vehicles were first set of deliveries, adding that the remaining are still in production. He assured the Nigerian Army that the remaining vehicles would be delivered at the scheduled time, a tradition he said, the company had kept for years.
The latest purchase underscored the Nigerian Army’s compliance with the Federal Government’s new agenda for the promotion and patronage of Made-in Nigeria products by public and private institutions in the Country.
