The Nigerian Army says it is not directly involved in ongoing
operation to restore law and order in Oyibo Local Government Area
of Rivers.
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of the 6 Division of the Nigerian
Army, Port Harcourt, said this in an interview with the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Iliyasu said the army only assisted the police on Tuesday
following violent clash between members of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) and the Hausa community.
According to him, troops has since been withdrawn to strategic
locations while the police are now fully in control of the
situation.
“Some persons are just trying to stir up tension by insinuating
that the army was involved in shootout with IPOB members in the
early hours of Thursday.
“If any security agency had shootout with anyone; then it is
definitely not the army that took part in the shootout.
“This is because the army has since withdrawn troops on Tuesday
after normalcy was restored to enable the police to discharge their
constitutional mandate.
“However, soldiers are currently on standby in case the
situation escalates beyond what the police can handle. It is only
in that situation that the army will intervene,” he said.
The spokesman said that no arrest was made by the army during
its brief intervention in the clash that ensued between IPOB
members and the Hausa community.
He said that relative calm had been restored with social and
economic activities returning to the area.
The Nigerian Army says it is not directly involved in ongoing
operation to restore law and order in Oyibo Local Government Area
of Rivers.
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of the 6 Division of the Nigerian
Army, Port Harcourt, said this in an interview with the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Iliyasu said the army only assisted the police on Tuesday
following violent clash between members of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB) and the Hausa community.
According to him, troops has since been withdrawn to strategic
locations while the police are now fully in control of the
situation.
“Some persons are just trying to stir up tension by insinuating
that the army was involved in shootout with IPOB members in the
early hours of Thursday.
“If any security agency had shootout with anyone; then it is
definitely not the army that took part in the shootout.
“This is because the army has since withdrawn troops on Tuesday
after normalcy was restored to enable the police to discharge their
constitutional mandate.
“However, soldiers are currently on standby in case the
situation escalates beyond what the police can handle. It is only
in that situation that the army will intervene,” he said.
The spokesman said that no arrest was made by the army during
its brief intervention in the clash that ensued between IPOB
members and the Hausa community.
He said that relative calm had been restored with social and
economic activities returning to the area.
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