The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who played host to the Commandant, 4 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Brig-General Banbella Raji, in Asaba yesterday, decried the continued attack on oil and gas installations by militants, regretting that the revenue accruing to the state had dropped to below 20 percent of what it used to be two years ago.
Okowa who apart from pipeline vandalism, also said that the state was facing the challenges of herdsmen clashing with farmers and some Fulani men posing as herdsmen to kidnap people.
He said: “Pipeline vandalism is affecting us so much that what we currently receive is below 20 per cent of what the state received two years ago. As a state, we will continue to support the operations of the Army and other security agencies to enable them carry out their functions in the state.”
The Governor commended the Army for collaborating with the Police in checking some criminal activities which ordinarily were within the purview of the Police, Okowa said, “We hope that the peace we enjoy now will be sustained, it is our hope that the security operatives remain proactive.”
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