The Chief of Army
Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, said yesterday in Port Harcourt that
Nigeria was confronted with series of threats.
He
also gave reasons for the Crocodile Smile and Python Dances military
operations.
In his address at the
executive session of the 13th All Editors’ National Conference 2017 in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State, Buratai, who was represented by the General Officer
Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Major-General
Enobong Udoh, disclosed that the Nigerian Army decided to embark on
Operations Python Dance II and Crocodile Smile II in the South-east and
Southsouth geopolitical zones of the country in order to tackle rising
challenges of militancy, kidnapping and pipeline vandalism.
He
said the ongoing Operation Mesa in states in the North and the Middle Belt was
aimed at tackling challenges of cattle rustling, herdsmen-farmers clashes and
kidnapping.
Buratai said the exercises were aimed at focusing the personnel to relative
professional scenarios as against stimulated training sessions.
He said: “Our country is faced with a plethora of threats ranging from
Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast with several others such as armed
banditry, cattle rustling, armed robbery, piracy, militancy, cultism and
cult-related violence, kidnapping and hostage-taking, pipeline vandalism,
Illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft, Illegal refining of petroleum,
herdsmen-farmers clashes, activities of IPOB and other separatist groups,” he
said.
- Daily Trust
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