THE Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that
talks with the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, which has launched
unrelenting attacks on oil installations and weaken crude production in
the Niger Delta, could not be an option now.
The Army, justifying its ongoing
operations in Gbaramatu, Delta State, said the use of force was for now
the only available option until the leaders of the militant group were
apprehended.
Representing the Chief of Army Staff,
Lt.Gen. Tukur Buratai, Brig.Gen. J. Hamakim, said this at the ‘State of
the Nation Conference’, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association in
Abuja on Tuesday.
Various heads of anti-corruption and
security agencies, including the Inspector-General of Police, Mr.
Solomon Arase; Controller General of Prisons, Ahmed Ja’afaru; and
Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura, were
represented by officers of their agencies at the event.
The NBA President, Mr. Augustine Alegeh;
Chief Judge of Kogi State, Nasiru Ajanah; Chairman, House of
Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption, Mr. Babajide Akinloye; two
contenders for the office of the NBA presidency, Messrs Abubakar Mahmud
and Joe Kyari-Gadzama, among many other Senior Advocates of Nigeria,
were in attendance.
A member of the House of Representatives, Linda Ikpeazu, represented the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, as the chairman of the event.
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