FLASHBACK 2009: WHAT AREWA ELDERS SAID ABOUT JTF ACTION AGAINST NIGER DELTA MILITANTS
Extract from AREWA press statement addressing the JTF military action on Niger Delta Militants, during the Yaradua Admin in June 2009, signed by ACF National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Anthony Sani,
“The ACF observed the increase in the insurgent activities of the militants in the Niger Delta region and the corresponding responses by the JTF of the Armed Forces. Nobody with his right head, with a heart and with patriotic courage, can withhold support for JTF, and thus, for the Federal Government over the current campaigns against the militants for the express purpose of bringing the situation under effective control.
“No responsible government can afford to fold its hands and watch a few misguided elements of its citizens hold the nation, including their own people and communities, to ransom.
“More depressing, the will of the Armed Forces is being challenged when their members are killed in the course of their national assignment. In such circumstances, government cannot reasonably be expected to shirk in its responsibility of maintaining law and order. Hence the recent campaigns by the Operation Restore Hope by the military, aimed at ridding the Niger Delta region of criminal activities of the militants.
“The campaigns must necessarily come with collateral damages, the JTF must maintain at its possible minimum.
“This is how the current actions of the military in the Niger Delta should be viewed by all ‘fair-minded’ individuals with ‘patriotic courage.”
Excerpted from Niger Delta: Between JTF Attacks And Arewa's Insensitive Remarks – Sahara Reporters, June 5, 2009.
TODAY:
"Jonathan has declared war on Northern Nigeria. It is very sad for us to see that the President has easily changed direction from dialogue and reconciliation to war in his bid to end the cycle of violence in the north,”
- Northern Elders Forum
Extract from AREWA press statement addressing the JTF military action on Niger Delta Militants, during the Yaradua Admin in June 2009, signed by ACF National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Anthony Sani,
“The ACF observed the increase in the insurgent activities of the militants in the Niger Delta region and the corresponding responses by the JTF of the Armed Forces. Nobody with his right head, with a heart and with patriotic courage, can withhold support for JTF, and thus, for the Federal Government over the current campaigns against the militants for the express purpose of bringing the situation under effective control.
“No responsible government can afford to fold its hands and watch a few misguided elements of its citizens hold the nation, including their own people and communities, to ransom.
“More depressing, the will of the Armed Forces is being challenged when their members are killed in the course of their national assignment. In such circumstances, government cannot reasonably be expected to shirk in its responsibility of maintaining law and order. Hence the recent campaigns by the Operation Restore Hope by the military, aimed at ridding the Niger Delta region of criminal activities of the militants.
“The campaigns must necessarily come with collateral damages, the JTF must maintain at its possible minimum.
“This is how the current actions of the military in the Niger Delta should be viewed by all ‘fair-minded’ individuals with ‘patriotic courage.”
Excerpted from Niger Delta: Between JTF Attacks And Arewa's Insensitive Remarks – Sahara Reporters, June 5, 2009.
TODAY:
"Jonathan has declared war on Northern Nigeria. It is very sad for us to see that the President has easily changed direction from dialogue and reconciliation to war in his bid to end the cycle of violence in the north,”
- Northern Elders Forum
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