{"id":10351,"date":"2016-07-25T17:14:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10351"},"modified":"2016-07-25T17:14:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T17:14:05","slug":"army-chief-warns-niger-delta-militants-dont-mistake-call-for-dialogue-as-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10351","title":{"rendered":"Army chief warns Niger Delta militants: Don&#8217;t mistake call for dialogue as weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=9467&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian army has said the call for dialogue by the Federal Government with rampaging militants in the Niger-Delta should not be mistaken for weakness.<br \/>\nChief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai said this in an interview with newsmen during the commissioning of the new Administrative Block of the 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Buratai who was \u200erepresented by the General Commanding Officer of the eighty-two Division of the Nigerian army, Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru, said the Nigerian \u200eMilitary will not hesitate to use full kinetic means if dialogue fails.<\/p>\n<p>He said the military is committed to resolving the security challenges in the Niger\u200e-Delta.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Army Staff also said the military was concerned about the violence associated with elections in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said the army only operates to complement and support civil authority to avoid the break-down of Law and order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to the dialogue with the Niger-Delta Avengers but in a situation whereby peace cannot go on, we could resort to the kinetic means. But the non-kinetic means will be sought before government can use the kinetic means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, there is the need for the Niger-Delta Avengers to see reasons and dialogue with government.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u201cOn the use of military for elections,\u200e the army can only intervene if there is a civil need based on the call by the police,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Army Staff commissioned a 25\/25 Olympic size swimming pool, a new building at the Military Hospital along Aba Road, among other projects initiated and completed by the outgoing 2 Brigade Commander, Brigadier-General Stephenson Olabanji.<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Army-chief.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10352\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Army-chief-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"Army chief\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Army-chief-300x287.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Army-chief.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian army has said the call for dialogue by the Federal Government with rampaging militants in the Niger-Delta should not be mistaken for weakness. Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai said this in an interview with newsmen during the commissioning of the new Administrative Block of the 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt. 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