Chief of Defence staff, Brigadier General Amara Idara Bangura on ECOWAS stabilization force in SL

Brigadier General Amara Idara Bangura, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff-Operations and Plans at the Ministry of Defence, said that the ECOWAS stabilization force is being deployed to complement the work of the country's national security forces, not to replace them. The stabilization force will operate under the Ministry of Defence and the Sierra Leone Police, with its own base and offices, and will provide training opportunities between the two forces.