{"id":11350,"date":"2016-09-06T19:54:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11350"},"modified":"2016-09-06T19:54:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T19:54:16","slug":"for-declaring-operation-crocodile-smile-niger-delta-militant-are-now-terrorist-army-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11350","title":{"rendered":"For declaring &#8220;Operation Crocodile Smile&#8221; Niger Delta Militant are now terrorist &#8211; Army Chief"},"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<div><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Egbesu-Fraternity.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9444\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9444\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Egbesu-Fraternity-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Egbesu-Fraternity\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Egbesu-Fraternity-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Egbesu-Fraternity-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Egbesu-Fraternity.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Nigeria&#8217;s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has stated that Niger Delta Militants have declared themselves terrorists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He spoke after flagging off Operation Crocodile Smile at the 2 Brigade Barracks, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, since the militants came up with Operation crocodile tears, it was a clear indication of their intention to terrorise Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThat is what they are (militants) terrorists, they want people to be in tears. We (military) want people to smile. They are just terrorising us,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He then advised the militants to unite if they were truly determined to go into genuine dialogue with the Federal Government.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10361&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has stated that Niger Delta Militants have declared themselves terrorists. He spoke after flagging off Operation Crocodile Smile at the 2 Brigade Barracks, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to him, since the militants came up with Operation crocodile tears, it was a clear indication of their intention to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[174,2871,2918,1047],"class_list":["post-11350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-niger-delta-militants","tag-operation-crocodile-smile","tag-operation-crocodile-tears","tag-tukur-buratai"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Egbesu-Fraternity.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-2X4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11351,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11350\/revisions\/11351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}