Nigerian Military Vows To Stop Enemies Of Democracy
Princess-Ekwi Ajide
The Nigeria military, says it would not allow enemies of democracy to derail the democratic process in the country
The Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, who signed statement presented to journalists said, it is a part of their mandate as a force, to commit to ensuring that democracy thrives in the nation.
He revealed that the armed forces is ready as a formidable force for the emerging threats confronting the nation adding that opportunity as part of their constitutional responsibilities, will not relent in tackling threats to ensure the stability of the nation.
Buba, noted that the military stands firm and resolute to preserving the nation’s hard earned democracy and oppose any form of unconstitutional change of government saying “we will work assiduously to provide the enabling environments to support government in the attainment of objectives in addressing the issues of poverty and hardship in the country”.
According to him, during ongoing operations across the country in the week under review, troops neutralised 108 and arrested 172 persons. Troops also arrested 32 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 214 kidnapped hostages. In the SS, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of One Billion Three Hundred and Forty Six Million Three Hundred and Eighty Two Thousand Nine Hundred Naira (N1,346,382,900.00) only.
Troops in the Niger Delta area, he said, discovered and destroyed 487 dugout pits, 32 boats and 12 storage tanks. Other items recovered include 71 cooking ovens, 2 speedboats, 2 pumping machines, 2 HH radios, 19 vehicles, 32 motorcycles, one tricycle, one wheelbarrow and 76 illegal refining sites.
Troops recovered 1,133,800 litres of stolen crude oil, 228,770 litres of illegally refined AGO, 100 litres of DPK and 20,000 litres of PMS within the period
