 Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farrukh Yahya, has called on commanders to be apolitical as the electioneering premier draws nearer. Lieutenant General Yahya stated this during the opening ceremony of a three-day second senior command and leadership seminar organized by the Sixth Division of the Nigerian Army in Portaqot, the reports. The Chief of Army Staff, represented by Major General Victor Izugu, said that he expects appropriate lines of communications between relevant security stakeholders to be established to facilitate cooperation during the planning, preparation and the execution of operations that would aid civil authorities. The Army Chief expressed optimism that the seminar would afford participants the opportunity to build on their individual capacity and contribute meaningfully towards enhancing army operations. Major General Izugu maintained that troops should be adequately trained, equipped and motivated to play their constitutional roles in supporting the country's security apparatus. On his part, the Chief of Training Major General Abdul Salam Ibrahim noted that a non-kinetic line of operations is essential in tackling contemporary security challenges adding that it is currently being reviewed to provide the Nigerian Army with the impetus needed to meet its constitutional mandate. Also speaking at the event, the General Officer commanding G.O.C. of Sixth Division of the Nigerian Army in Portaqot, Major General Ulufemi Uluye Day expressed confidence that the workshop will drive the vision and the philosophy of the Chief of Army Staff. The theme of the training was building the capacity of Nigerian Army to meet contemporary security challenges in a joint environment, the role of senior leadership.