We are beating oil theft and militancy in the Niger Delta

HARCOURT, P/ The joint military force is winning the war against crude oil theft and militancy in the Niger Delta, according to Brig.-Gen. Sadisu Yakasai, Commander, 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 2, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS).

Yakasai gave a speech on Sunday at the West African Social Activities (WASA) held at Camp Tukur Buratai Barracks in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State.

We at 16 Brigade in the Niger Delta had a successful and eventful year in 2022. The battle against crude oil militancy and theft is being won gradually and steadily. Our troops have been actively fighting militancy, sea piracy, sea robbery, and other forms of criminality in the state of Bayelsa through Operation Delta Safe, particularly in the waterways that enter and leave the state.

“The Brigade has also participated in a number of other drills and operations to accomplish the feat for the benefit of the state and the country. Exercise Still Waters 2022, which will eventually be known as “Operation Safe Conduct,” is one of them.

The Commander promised that throughout the general elections in 2023, the troops would conduct themselves professionally and politically neutrally.

He claims that the goal of “Operation Safe Conduct” is to create the conditions necessary for the peaceful and successful conduct of the general elections in 2023. He pledged that the elections would be successfully held in Bayelsa and throughout the nation given the preparations already made.

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The Brigade was able to coordinate with employees of other security agencies who assisted the Brigade in its operations and carry out some civil military cooperation activities during some of our activities over the course of the previous year, according to some of our activities.

Donating educational resources and relief supplies to residents of the Elebele community and other communities are two examples of the civil-military cooperation activities.

Others include a groundbreaking ceremony for the installation of boreholes in communities, sanitation drills, medical outreach, and donations of relief supplies to the Gloryland Orphanage Home, according to the speaker.

The Commander stated that WASA is a yearly gathering that is typically planned for officers, soldiers, and their families to socialize.

He recalled that the Nigeria West Africa Frontier Force had gone to different West African soldiers’ cultural interventions in 1901, which is when the history of the incident began.