TAKE YOUR ANIMAL DANCE TO THE NORTH SOUTHERN GROUP WARNS NIGERIAN ARMY

 The group under the umbrella of Pan Niger Delta Forum PANDEF said deployment of soldiers was especially to the Southern part of the country a misadvised and ill-conceived especially at this time when the geopolitical zone is gradually coming to terms with the urgent need for sustaining the relative peace in the region.

Mr. Eric Omare the President of the Ijaw Youth Council, while speaking on the plan of the military to deploy military to the region warned that extension of Operation Crocodile Smile II to the Niger Delta region will create tension in the area.

Omare in his words said “the federal government should not consider what the Operation Python Dance did in the South-East, which led to the tagging of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) as a terrorist group, as an achievement. For the Niger Delta, from my experience, extending the Operation Crocodile Smile II to the Niger Delta will only aggravate the volatile situation in the region.”

 In the same vein, another Southwest group Afenifere insisted that the Southwest does not require troops for security, urging them to go and fight Boko Harm in Northeast.

Meanwhile, the Director, Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, explained that the military operations of Egwu Eke II and Crocodile Smile II were not targeted at any particular ethnic group or group of individuals.