Panic has gripped
communities in Cross Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states, as the Joint Force,
Operation Delta Safe (ODS) intensifies efforts to flush out militants from
their
various camps.
The Joint Force has
also beefed up security along the East- West road in the bid to chase out
criminal gangs that have been terrorizing the area. The new Commander of the
ODS, Rear Admiral Apochi Suleiman, in a press briefing over the weekend said
the security outfit would not abdicate its responsibilities to protect lives
and property in the region.
Suleiman, who
announced the arrest of 11 suspected militants and recovery of arms, added that
he would not condone the killing of soldiers by suspected militants hiding in
Niger Delta communities.
The Commander
further dismissed the claims regarding the bombing of oil facilities as lies,
saying that ODS was on top of the situation in the region and would do
everything to guard oil installations in the oil rich communities. He said it
had become imperative for the authority to beef up security along the East-
West road due to the activities of the criminals. “I want to assure all Niger
Deltans that the ODS is on top of the security situation in the Niger Delta
region. We are deploying troops to the East- West immediately to check the
activities of criminal elements along that road. I want to assure passengers
and all users of that road that they have nothing to fear as troops have been
deployed to patrol the road to ensure the safety of Nigerians living in the
area and those plying the road during the yuletide season,” he said.
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