Hammond
As the military, on orders of the Commander-in-Chief, moves army reinforcements to hunt the militants in Niger Delta, British Foreign Minister, Philip Hammond has warned Buhari against the use of force.
He said a military confrontation could end in “disaster”. “It’s obviously a major concern,” Hammond told reporters during a regional security conference in Abuja when asked about the Delta situation.
“The idea that your answer is by moving big chunks of the Nigerian army to the Delta simply doesn’t work,” he said, adding that the army lacked the capacity fighting Boko Haram jihadists in the north. “It won’t deal with the underlying issues.
“Buhari has got to show as a president from the north that he is not ignoring the Delta, that he is engaging with the challenges in the Delta,” he said.
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