The Nigerian Army on Friday told agitators in the Southeast to keep the peace.
It vowed to deal with any act capable of breaching the peace of the region.
The army didn’t mention any group by name but the Nnamdi kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have been holding rallies to demand a Republic of Biafra.
The IPOB has also threatened to stop the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State from taking place.
But the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, while speaking on the forthcoming second phase of Exercise Egwu Eke II (Python Dance II) in the Southeast, said on no account would kidnapping, cultism, violent agitations, theft of weapons, armed banditry and other security challenges which have become a daily phenomenon in the area be condoned henceforth.
The military operation is scheduled to commence on September 15, according to Buratai who spoke through the Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major General David Ahmadu.
It will run for a month and involve raids, cordon and search, anti-kidnapping drills, road blocks, check points and show of force, as well as humanitarian activities such as medical outreach.
Buratai said Exercise Egwu Eke II has become expedient in view of “the mindless assassinations (even in religious places), attack on security personnel, theft of weapons, armed banditry, kidnapping, cultism and violent agitations, as well as other security challenges that have recently become prevalent in the Southeast part of the country.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I said it before,no David dance where boko haram is killing people but in my peaceful home but no problem before Abraham was Christ...
ReplyDeleteThe murderous Nigerian military now clearly treat southeast and south-south region as conquered territory. The annoying fact is that they are now recruiting illiterate and untrained Boko haram and unleashing them on the former eastern region to commit all sorts of mayhem and atrocities. Until, Biafrans unite and fight back to liberate their region, we are doomed.
ReplyDeleteThis is anti-igbo, the northern hs been massacred by Boko Haram in daily basis the will not go there and dance their so called python dance, and the eastern governors has been quiet over this, Buhari has planned to reduce the number of youths at the eastern states, Rochas is busy relocating markets, the end of October u will see the number of innocent Buhari men will kill
ReplyDeleteSelective but invidious use of the military
ReplyDeleteMy dear Igbo brothers, whatever the military is planning on doing in the Southeast, you brought it upon yourselves.
ReplyDeleteNnamdi Kanu is down there making noise and threatening the Federal government. As if that was not enough, he's gone ahead to launch a security outfit.
The coming of the military down there will surely address Kanu's excesses.
You seems to be the only person that have reasoned intelligently amongst the host of comments here. I believe, Igbo's elders should have cautioned Kanu on his activities. Agitation can be done civily without endangering lives and properties of the masses, but, Kanu believed in confrontational agitation taking over sensible Igbo people, surrounding himself with riffraff and ragtag misfits.
DeleteIgbo leaders are useless. Peaceful movement members in the east are being killed while in the north they give them amnesty. All because Igbo leaders are willing to sell the people they claim to serve into a new slavery. Shame also on Ohaneze and all the south east so called governors the worst being rochas
ReplyDeleteI knw d plot to militize d biafra land is solely anambra state gov willie obiano's effort jst to make sure we vote. Pls who ever reads this msg shud tel willie obiano that we will not vote any badtard govnor aspirant that day. NO ELECTION IN ANAMBRA. PERIOD.
DeleteThese people have make a hate speach but is left for the government to decide
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ReplyDeleteWhat's this long litany's correlation with the news item here? Don't go plagarizing someone's write-up to make unrelated comment here. Better get a life!
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