As Operation Python Dance in the South-East region continues to generate
controversy, the Nigerian Army said on Saturday that it would launch an
operation, Crocodile Smile II, which would cover the South-South region
and some parts of the South-West.
The Director, Army Public
Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said this in an interview with
Signature TV on Saturday, monitored by our correspondent.
The
army spokesman noted that “encouraging feedback” from the South-East
after Python Dance I
made the army commence Python Dance lI.
He
said, “Look, this is the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Nigerian
military belongs to Nigeria and they have a duty to exercise in any part
of the country. It is so sad that some people try to politicise these
issues. They should have exercised patience and seen how this exercise
would go.
“We had Operation Harbin Kunama II covering the
North-West and parts of the North-Central this year. As soon as we are
done with Egwu Eke II (Python Dance), we are also going on Crocodile
Smile II that will cover the South-South and some parts of the
South-West of the country.
“Operation Python Dance II came
about based on the encouraging feedback we received as a result of
Python Dance I held last year. This is especially because of the crimes
during the ‘ember’ period in the region. You know that the
South-easterners, who are enterprising and industrious people, have to
return to their places at the end of the year.
“Unfortunately,
some criminal elements take advantage of this period to perpetrate
crimes. We have armed robberies, kidnappings, and communal clashes. But
the Christmas of 2016 and New Year 2017 were the most peaceful in that
part of the country, and that is attributed to the field training
exercise, Python Dance I.”
The army spokesman said the activities
of a group of “vocal people, out of mischief or ignorance trying to
create violence” should not be taken as the stand of the South-East
region.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,
and 82 Division’s spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, while appraising
Operation Python Dance II, told our correspondent on Saturday that
people had been calling the communication lines supplied by the military
to supply information.
Musa said, “There is no reported
friction anywhere so far in the whole of the South-East. Apprehension
has gone down and people are freely conducting their business. The
volume of calls received so far through our dedicated public information
cell phone numbers is unprecedented.”
Also, the Nigerian Navy
said on Saturday that it was on a red alert to secure Nigeria’s unity,
despite the tension generated by the activities of the Indigenous People
of Biafra.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas,
said this in Abuja during the Navy Route March at the Mogadishu
Cantonment, saying he had ordered the naval personnel to mobilise and
secure the maritime domain.
Represented at the event by the Chief
of Naval Transformation, Rear Admiral Ibe Enenwo, Ibas said, “Even
without tasking, we are fully deployed in internal security situations
as required by the constitution and for our own peculiar environment,
the maritime environment.
Source: Punch
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