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The Nigerian Army has set up plans to begin Operation Python Dance across Nigeria. This is to quell the rising spate of cases of insecurity in the country.
This was revealed by Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai in Maiduguri. He said criminal activities are being induced by the political climate in the country.
Lamidi Adeosun, the Chief of Training and Operations, representing Buratai, identified those threats as stockpiling of arms by criminal groups, the formation of ethnic militia and violence induced by political activities.
The army had in 2016 and 2017 conducted exercise Egwu Eke I and II to address security challenges in the South- East geo-political zone.
“These challenges coupled with other security threats across the country such as terrorism, militancy, kidnapping and banditry portend that dissident groups and criminal elements could cash in on the situation to perpetrate large-scale violence before, during and after the 2019 general elections,’’ he said
According to the army chief, Nigerian troops need to be ready and equipped with requisite skills in order to professionally and effectively scuttle these challenges and security threats in collaboration with the Nigerian Police and other para-military oganisations.
“Even in the desert of Borno, don’t forget, the Lake Chad basin is there, python can also dance within the desert.
“In fact, we have desert python, so python will dance all over the country this time around,’’ he said.
He explained that the success of the exercise Egwu Eke I and II in checkmating security threats in the South- East informed its implementation across the country now.
