Punch reports that as the activities of militants in Niger Delta region of Nigeria continues, the Federal Government might deploy some war-tested soldiers from the North-East to the Niger Delta to curb activities of the militants. According to the report, the soldiers will be part of the newly formed Operation Delta Safe with its operational headquarters in Yenagoa and designed to have three sectors and five operational bases to cover the entire Niger Delta.
The acting director, defence information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said the military authorities would ensure effective equipment for the new task force to enable it to achieve the purpose for which it was established.
“The overhauling was meant to ensure pro-activeness of the new outfit. We will, as much as possible, continue to inject new system, new equipment and new prescriptions to ensure that what happened before will not happen now.”
“And so, the Defence Headquarters came up with the reorganisation, and it meant well for the country and it meant well for the industries there. So we are doing all these things to ensure that we do our best, with the best arsenal, with the best equipment, so that we can handle the security threat.”
“But injecting new men or injecting more men is not the issue. The most important is that the reorganisation has been done and it is for the goodness of country, for the good of that general area. “And we will do everything to secure all necessary spots, human, equipment and what have you to ensure that it performs optimally,” he said.