Indications have emerged that the Federal Government may take strict steps in curbing the activities of the Niger Delta militants who have been responsible for the continuous attacks on oil installations in the region.
According to reports, the Federal Government might deploy war-tested soldiers from the North-East to the Niger Delta region as part of plans to curb militant activities in the region.
News agency, Punch reports that the soldiers whose new operational headquarters will be situated in Yenogoa will be part of a newly formed Operation Delta Safe.
Speaking on the issue, the acting director, defence information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar said the military will ensure that operatives of the new task force will be provided with adequate and effective equipment to aid their fight against the militants in the region.
“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”.