The Nigerian military has scrapped its joint military task force in the
restive Niger Delta. The task force, nicknamed Operation Pulo Shield, is
to be replaced with “Operation Delta Safe”, the director of defense
information, said in a statement.
He said the new operation would be carried out under three sub-bases located in Ondo, Akwa Ibom and the entire Niger Delta.
General Rabe’s statement reads:
“The
OPERATION PULO SHIELD in Niger Delta has been scrapped with immediate
effect and replaced with OPERATION DELTA SAFE. This is in line with the
Defence Headquarters initiative to restructure the Joint Task Force for
better service delivery, efficiency and effectiveness in line with the
vision and mission of the Chief of Defence Staff to contain the current
security challenges in the Niger Delta especially protection of critical
national assets and provision of security in the area.
“Under
this arrangement, the Joint Operational Areas of the new outfit have
been delineated into 3 sectors and 5 Operational Bases covering the
entire Niger Delta, Ondo and Akwa Ibom States. The Headquarters of
OPERATION DELTA SAFE would be in Yenagoa.
“This development,
according to Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, becomes
expedient in order to inject new tactics and robust operational
initiative to tackle the emerging security challenges in the Niger Delta
region such as piracy, bunkering, vandalism and other criminalities
prevalent in the area.”
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