Joint Military Task Force (JTF) Operation Delta Safe (ODS) yesterday vowed any secessionist group within its Area of Responsibility (AoR) would be arrested and treated like criminals.
ODS restated the commitment of the military to keep Nigeria united.
It insisted that the military under the current administration is well-equipped to crush any threat against the country.
A group of militants, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), which claimed responsibility for all the bombings of oil installations, threatened to declare the Niger Delta Republic on October 1.
NDA, in its statement, said: “The October 1st, declaration of independence is still sacrosanct if the Nigerian government fails to retrace its step by restructuring this country”.
The threat came few weeks after another group, Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA) dropped the idea of declaring the republic on August 1 at Kaiama, the hometown of the late Ijaw hero, Isaac Adaka Boro in Kolokuma-Opokuma, Bayelsa State.
ABA abandoned its threat after the JTF responded by deploying troops and military hardware to frustrate the declaration.
Speaking yesterday, the Commander ODS, Rear Admiral, Joseph Okojie, said it was high time people embraced the peace and stopped threatening the country.
He added the military would not allow any criminal gang to break the country.
Okojie said though the military outfit would not join issues with faceless criminal gangs, it would not abdicate its operations to arrest and deal with criminals.
According to him, “We are properly equipped to handle all these situations. We won’t be joining issues with people who hide behind faceless organisations to issue threats.
“We are doing our job and at the appropriate time people will begin to see the results. We are well-equipped but we are not at war. We are in asymmetrical environment and we are well-equipped to handle issues in this environment and that is why despite our operations you won’t get reports of casualties or collateral damage. We are working. But people should be law-abiding.”
Emphasising that the Niger Delta must be kept safe in line with the mandate of the military outfit, the JTF commander said militants are criminal and must be treated as such.
He said the efforts of the ODS in keeping Niger Delta and critical assets safe have been yielding positive results.
He said the spate of bombings had been reduced apart from the isolated case of Friday in Delta State where some miscreants ruptured a pipeline.
He said: “Whoever threatens the unity of the country is a criminal. As far as we are concerned, any militant is a criminal and our operation is to flush criminals out of the region to keep it safe.
“No criminal can challenge the military because we are saddled with the responsibility of protecting the territorial integrity of the country.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDelete😀Obasanjo's administration earned #17trn from crude oil sales within eight years and left behind 45bn dollars external reserves and 3.348bn dollars external debt.
😀Yaradua grew the reserves to 64bn dollars within just one year and the administration was able to finance 15 months of imports despite the 2008/2009 world economic meltdown. Hence, Nigeria survived the melt down because of the political will by the administration to save(a great achievement by Yaradua which most Nigerians are not aware of). Despite the tough economic reality at that time, Yaradua left 47.7bn dollars in reserves and an external debt of 3.94bn dollars. Meanwhile, the administration earned only #9trn from crude oil sales within that short period.
😀Now, Jonathan administration witnessed an oil boom when Brent crude sold for over 100 dollars/barrel, with the regime earning #51trn within a period of 5years. But because of corruption, the administration did not only squander the oil revenue but even depleted the reserves left by Yaradua, leaving just 32bn dollars and a huge external debt of 63bn dollars for Buhari. The same Brent crude sold for as low as 35 dollars/barrel at a point shortly after Buhari took over power and had only managed to climb to about 48 dollars just recently.
😀These are facts that can be verified. So, it's amazing hearing people criticize Buhari for the hunger in the land.
😀According to Fashola, Buhari's administration inherited 206 uncompleted road projects and contract arrears worth #2.1trn from Jonathan; and for about 2 to 3 years the contractors where not paid. This slowed down the economic activities, with most of the companies laying off their staff. This was when the seed of recession was sowed.
👆It's obvious that Buhari came in to rescue Nigeria, because if Jonathan had continued in power, the nation's economic crisis would have been worse, perhaps even the Federal government wouldn't have been able to pay salaries of civil servants by now.
😀According to Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria started borrowing money to pay salaries since October, 2014; but today Nigeria now borrow money for investment in capital projects.
😀Those who blame Buhari for the current hardship do so either out of mischief (hatred) or ignorance. So, we shouldn't join the bandwagon in criticising him. He may not have done much to save the situation, considering that he is not a perfect human being but he means well for the country and can only succeed with our prayers.
😀May Allah continue to guide Baba Buhari.
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DeleteIt is you EL-MATOSKY who is Onye Ohi and a fool. Your Igbo hatred for Buhari will lead you to self destruction. You are always lazing around on social websites responding foolishly to any form of comment involving Buhari or any other tribe apart from the Igbo tribe and calling those you disagree with "Mumu". You are nothing but a lazy drop out. You better face your gateman's work or go back to school for proper education and stop claiming that you have a "Masters Degree from Computer Analyst"
DeleteCowardly idiot. It is you who has issues with igbos. That's why you love your nomad so much and hang around social media sites posting anonymous rubbish about your beast. Coward. You would just love to suck his di*k wouldn't you. Idiot bigot.
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