{"id":10473,"date":"2016-07-29T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10473"},"modified":"2016-07-29T19:03:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T19:03:07","slug":"nigerian-army-moves-troops-heavy-military-weapons-to-niger-delta-for-eventual-showdown-with-militants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10473","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Army moves troops, heavy military weapons to Niger Delta for eventual showdown with militants"},"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=9481&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 said last night that its training exercise for the Niger Delta code named \u201cEXERCISE CROCODILE SMILE\u201d in 82 Division and part of 2 Division areas of responsibility traversing the South-South geo-political region will commence this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general public is please requested not to panic on the sight of unusual movement of large number of troops, heavy military weapons and equipment in these areas\u201d a statement signed by Col Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim of the exercise is to practice our Special Forces and other units of the Nigerian Army in Amphibious and Internal Security Operations in riverine environment and also check criminal activities like kidnapping, militancy and piracy and other forms of criminal activities in support of the civil authority\u201d it a<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nigeria-army-riverine.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10474\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nigeria-army-riverine-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"nigeria army riverine\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nigeria-army-riverine-300x174.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nigeria-army-riverine-768x445.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nigeria-army-riverine.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Alayo-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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