In a bid to curb the activities of militancy in the South, and Niger Delta in particular, the Nigerian Army recently declared that it has launched tactical drills in Enugu State which will commence this weekend.
The army code-named the drill as ‘Exercise Crocodile Smile’
which according to sources is targeted at preparing the Amphibious and Internal
Security Operations in the region.
This strategic exercise is coming up as a result of the
warning issued by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, where he said,
henceforth, the military would apply force against the Niger Delta militants,
unless they embrace peace and dialogue with the Federal Government.
It was further said that, “Government is still committed to
dialogue and whereby this cannot go on, then, there could be resort to other
means. The non-kinetic (force) means has always been the source first before
government can make recourse to the kinetic means.
“So, there is need for the Niger Delta Avengers to see
reason and engage in dialogue with government.”
This is the content of the post obtained from the social
media page of the Army, “The Nigerian Army will from this weekend commence
another training exercise code named ‘EXERCISE CROCODILE SMILE’ in 82 Division
and part of 2 Division areas of responsibility traversing the South-South
geo-political region.
“The aim of the exercise is to practice our Special Forces
and other units of the Nigerian Army in Amphibious and Internal Security
Operations in riverine environment and also check criminal activities like kidnapping,
militancy and piracy and other forms of criminal activities in support of the
civil authority.
“The general public is please requested not to panic on the
sight of unusual movement of large number of troops, heavy military weapons and
equipment in these areas.”
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