Avengers’ threat: Military deploys helicopters, gunboats and troops

The military has commenced deployment of military hardware to coastal settlements identified as bases of militant activities in the Niger Delta, especially within the Gbaramatu axis in Delta State.

The military’s deployment was against the backdrop of threats by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to commence bombing of the nation’s critical assets in the region.

Investigations carried out in riverine communities, yesterday, revealed massive deployment of sophisticated military hardware such as fighter jets, surveillance helicopters, gunboats and troops to the Delta coastal areas, particularly Ijaw settlement areas of Gbaramatu Kingdom, in Warri South West Local Government Area and other adjoining communities within that axis.

But, in a swift reaction, Commander of NNS Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, dismissed the deployment of troops and military hardware as mere speculation, and insisted that what the communities saw were just “routine military check on some major oil installations that are usually the target of militants, within its area of coverage.”

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Avengers’ threat: Military deploys helicopters, gunboats and troops