IJAW Youth Council, IYC, has
condemned plans by the Nigeria Military High Command to extend its ongoing
military exercise in the South-East to the South-South and South-West
geopolitical regions, saying what the Niger Delta region need most is development
and not military exercise.
A statement in Benin, Edo State, by Mr. Roland
Pereotubo, President of the Ijaw youth body, yesterday, said: “Let the Federal
Government send bulldozers to the creeks to carry out developmental projects.
Army with armoured tank “The money the military want to waste on this fruitless
exercise should be channeled to developmental projects in the region.
“Niger
Delta people will resist any attempt to cause crisis in the region. We don’t
need military exercise. What we want is development. No previous military
exercise has ever yielded any good result apart from causing mayhem to our
people.
“We do not expect any good thing to come out of this planned exercise.
It will only end up causing untold hardship on the lives and property in the
region.
“Federal Government will be inflicting a devastating havoc on the
nation’s crawling economy should it allow the military to carry out its
exercise in the region.”
He stated that Operation Python Dance in the
South-East had yielded no gains, as it has continued to receive condemnations
from Nigerians and the international community, insisting that the planned
Operation Crocodile Tears will be seen as a belligerent act against the
peace-loving people of the region. The group restated its position that no
amount of military exercise will make the people surrender their agitations,
adding that the solution to the agitations in Southern Nigeria was
restructuring, true federalism and self-determination in line with
international best practices.
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