Nigerian
Army has described the Niger Delta Avengers as criminals, vowing to crush them.
The Chief of
Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai who spoke after commissioning an
apartment for soldiers and a giant size generating set at the 2 Amphibious
Brigade in Port Harcourt said the army will not fold its hands and allow the
groups to continue to kill its soldiers on locations in the region. Major
General Buratai also called on communities in the region to help the military
fish out members of the Niger Delta Avengers in their midst.
Nigeria
Military has vowed that it will crush the armed militant group, Niger Delta
Avengers. This was said during the commissioning of some welfare projects for
soldiers by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai. The projects
were an apartment and a giant size generating set Amphibious Brigade in Port Harcourt.
He said:
“They have
been attacking our troop locations, killing our soldiers. We will not tolerate
them. We will deal with them according to the law. We will look for them
wherever they are. They are not agitating for anything, they are just into
crime. Communities should be patriotic enough to expose these criminals. They
have nothing to fear. They should help fish out these criminals killing our
soldiers, we will not tolerate that. They must come out to help. They have nothing
to fear. Everybody, every Nigerian should expose these criminals. They have nothing
to fear."
Earlier, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel
Olonisakin, had commissioned 12 refurbished gunboats at Okrika local government
area and a 40 bed space apartment for soldiers in the area. General Olonisakin
who was accompanied by other service chiefs to the exercise said security
agencies will no longer allow criminals destroy national assets in the region.
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