NIGER DELTA AVENGERS: MILITARY SAYS IT WILL ONLY APPLY FORCE WHEN 'NECESSARY'

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command (CNC), Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Rear Admiral Mohammed Garba, disclosed monday that the fight against militants who have recently resumed the destruction of oil facilities in the Niger Delta would be done 'rationally.'

Garba told THISDAY that those disturbing the peace of the region were just a minute percentage of the good people of the area, assuring that all those who are innocent should go about their duties without fear.

The naval chief who resumed a few weeks ago in Yenagoa, but had worked as the Commanding Officer, NNS Delta in Warri, noted that though the security situation in the waterways remained volatile, the force was working underground to minimise the activities of the renegade group, the Niger Delta Avengers.

On why the military has not come down heavily on the militants, like what it did in the past, where innocent residents reportedly suffered, Garba noted that the force would only apply force when absolutely necessary.

"We make sure anybody doing illegality is apprehended and handed over to the prosecuting authority because we don't prosecute.

"The use of military is a matter of rationality. Rationality must come into it. It's not an act of senseless passion. It must be directed by its own objectives." Garba said.

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