Troops of 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army participating in "Operation CROCODILE SMILE", an operation aimed at curtailing the activities of militants in the Niger Delta region, have destroyed 74 illegal refineries in the last two days and dismantled camps used by suspected kidnappers and militants in Rivers and Bayelsa states.
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, will soon deploy additional personnel to the Niger Delta as part of the resolve to combat militancy and other forms of internal security challenges in the region, Sadique Abubakar, Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, has said.
Members of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have cried out over the heavy military presence in their communities.
A private Security outfit, known as ‘Waterways Security Task Force’, which is run by former Militant leader, Africanus Ukparasia, popularly known as “General Africa”, has apprehended the suspected killers of three soldiers in the Nembe area of Bayelsa State.
Former military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar has called for calm in the Niger Delta region, saying that the violence and destruction of the country’s oil infrastructure was an unnecessary distraction.
