We Want To Curb All Security Challenges In Nigeria – Colonel Musa

The 82 Division of the Nigeria army has
revealed that the operation Python Dance
11 and Egwu Eke 11 will continue to
remain in the Southeast and other regions
until they flushed out activities of any
terrorist groups in Nigeria.



In a statement by Colonel
Sagir Musa, Deputy Director Public
Relations 82 Division Nigerian Army on
Sunday, stated that conduct was with an
overarching aim of checkmating identified
security challenges prevalent in the
regions where they were carried out.



“For emphasis, it is necessary
to restate that the exercise and similar
ones with different coded names in some
parts of the
country were deliberately initiated and
conducted with an overarching aim of
checkmating identified security challenges
prevalent in the regions where they were
carried out.



“Some of the successful military exercises
include:


- Operation Sharan Daji in tackling
livestock rustling and armed banditry in
the Northwest;


- Operation Awatse to tackle
militants and oil installation vandals in
South-West, especially in the creeks
between Lagos and Ogun States;



-Operation Shirin Harbi in addressing
restiveness in the North-East, especially
Bauchi and Gombe States;


-Operation Shirin
Harbi in containing the rein of killers in
Southern Kaduna;


-Operation Harbin Kunama in
resolving rustling and armed banditry in
forest along Sokoto-Zamfara axis and Operation
Crocodile Smile, popular in the South-
South to combat Criminal elements
engaged in the the destruction of oil
pipelines and installations.




“The first PYTHON DANCE exercise was
carried out in the South Eastern Region
from 27
November – 27 December 2016. The
peculiar security challenges in the region
such as kidnapping, abduction, armed
robbery, farmers – herdsmen clashes,
communal crisis, traffic
gridlock and violent secessionist agitation
among others as the targets of this
Exercise
were successfully addressed.



“The concept of the current Exercise, like
the previous one is purely Command Post,
Field
Training and Real Time Exercise.



“It is aimed to enhance troops’ agility and
preparedness across spectrum of
contemporary
and emerging security challenges peculiar
to South Eastern Region.



“The Exercise is three in one, in that – it
was – deliberately designed as – a
Command Post
Exercise that transmuted into Field
Training Exercise and where necessary
dovetailed into
real time mission or activities such as anti
kidnapping drills, Patrols, Raids, Cordon
and
Search, Check Points, Road Blocks and
Show of Force.



“One interesting aspect of the Exercise is
that it is multi agency in nature and
execution.




Relevant Para-Military
organizations such as elements of the
Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Security
and Civil Defence Corps, State Security
Services and Federal Road Safety
Commission
synergized and collaborated to ensure
successful execution and attainment of
outlined objectives.




“Also, the non-reliance on only Military
Line of Operation to achieve the end
states of the
exercise was part of the texture of the
strategy.



For this reason, an elaborately
generous Civil –
Military Cooperation Line of Operation had
been successfully planned and executed
during this
exercise.



“In this regard, some relevant Nigerian
Army Corps and Services such as the
Medical Corps and Engineers Corps carried
out medical outreaches, roads and schools
repairs across the South Eastern Region.



“On the whole, the exercise has numerous
objectives. Some of which are; to practice
participating units on planning,
preparation and conduct of Internal
Security Operations,intensify training on Counter Terrorism
and Internal Security Operations as well as
to deter
the activities of kidnappers, cultists, armed
robbers and violent secessionist agitators.




“Others are – synergizing with relevant
Para-Military services to address the
identified threats and sharpening the
skills of troops towards curtailing current
and emerging security
challenges peculiar to the South Eastern
Region.



“Please note, Exercise EGWU EKE II is not
targeted at any individual or group, as law
abiding citizens are advised to go about
their normal businesses without fear.”