Nigeria: Faced With Insider Arms Deals in North East, Military Ups the Ante in N'Delta

5 September 2016

By Senator Iroegbu, Omon-Julius Onabu and Sylvester Idowu

Faced with increasing insider arms deals with insurgents in the North East of the country, the Nigerian military is not taking chances as it stepped up its game in the Niger Delta at the weekend, rolling out its armoured tanks and other sophisticated military hardware in a show of force that seeks to discourage militants and criminal elements from perpetrating further violence in the region.

The Nigerian Army, which rolled out its tanks in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Sunday, is being complemented by the Nigerian Airforce, which has also deployed more personnel and war planes in an exercise code-named "Operation Crocodile Smile" that the Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman said was organised to prepare its troops for the task of routing out criminal elements and ending militancy in the oil-rich region.

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