Buratai
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has threatened that the Nigerian Army would use force should the dialogue between the Federal Government and militants fail. Buratai dropped the threat in Port Harcourt today at the commissioning of a modern 2 Brigade headquarter complex with an Olympic size swimming pool.
Represented at the occasion by the General Officer Commanding 82 Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Army Chief said that, though, the Federal Government was committed to negotiation, the use of force had always been the first action before dialogue. And he added that it was necessary for the militant groups to take advantage of the government’s readiness to dialogue.
“Government is still committed to dialogue and whereby this cannot go on – then there could be resort to other means. The non-kinetic (force) means has always been the source first before government can recourse to the kinetic means.
“So, there is need for the Niger Delta Avengers to see reason and dialogue with government,” the Chief of Army Staff advised.
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