Troops commence 7-day special operation to clear forests, communities in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba
The joint military operation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states, codenamed Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, has commenced a 7-day operation in the three states to clear bandits and armed herders in forests and communities located in the states.
Though no formal statement has been issued to that effect by the Commander of the OPWS, Brig. Gen. Clement Apere, a military source told reporters yesterday in Makurdi that the operation became necessary to check the incessant attacks on communities in Benue state particularly by armed herdsmen.
He explained that the operation would also be covering islands behind the Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering, NASME, barracks in Makurdi and Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of Benue state which were identified as locations usually used as hideouts by armed herders from Nasarawa state before they launch attacks on unsuspecting victims
A respondent, who declined to disclose his name, said he saw two military helicopters which hovered severally around his vicinity in the Achussa suburb of Makurdi metropolis.
“The aircraft flew so low in our surrounding and then always headed towards Wadata, NASME, Modern market and Iniongun area.
“We have heard some sounds as heavy as that of an explosion of weapons,” he said.
Another resident, who also preferred anonymity, said there were deafening sounds when the aircrafts hovered around rural communities in Ukum area, suggesting that the soldiers may have carried out operations in some criminals hideouts in the local government.
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Army on Ethnic And Religious Domination Operation in Southern Nigeria – Soldier Laments | #IgbereTV
Nigerian authorities have been accused of executing the ethnic and religious agenda of the Islamic Hausa Fulani northern Nigeri against the Christian South, using the Nigerian armed forces, IgbereTV has learned.
The Nigerian Army’s deployment of northern officers for its operations in the South-East region is contributing to the tension in the region, according to several military sources who spoke to SaharaReporters.
Checks confirmed that the army posted Muslim and non-Igbo personnel as commanders over its operations and brigades in Anambra, Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Benue, Edo, Delta and Rivers.
EXPOSED: Nigerian Army Shuns Southern Officers, Deploys Northern Commanders To Quell Tension In South-East
The army posted Muslim and non-Igbo personnel as commanders over its operations and brigades in Anambra, Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Benue, Edo, Delta and Rivers.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 08, 2021
The Nigerian Army’s deployment of northern officers for its operations in the South-East region is contributing to the tension in the region, according to several military sources who spoke to SaharaReporters.
Checks by SaharaReporters confirmed that the army posted Muslim and non-Igbo personnel as commanders over its operations and brigades in Anambra, Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Benue, Edo, Delta and Rivers.
By Udora Orizu
The House of Representatives has condemned the killing of about 70 persons in communities in Benue State by suspected herdsmen.
The lawmakers, at the plenary yesterday mandated the Committees on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, and Appropriations to “prevail on the Budget Office and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to ensure (that) adequate extra allocation is provided in any impending supplementary budget, and in NEMA’s 2022 budget to enable NEMA to provide monthly comprehensive intervention to IDP camps across Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states as is currently the case with IDP camps in Borno State.”
The House also urged the Ministry of Defence and the Nigerian Army to “immediately deploy more personnel and equipment, including surveillance and intelligence gathering technology to Operation Whirl Stroke operatives in Benue State, to enable them to tackle this resurgence of attacks by suspected herdsmen.”