Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, yesterday said
deployment of military to Niger Delta would not quell militancy in the region.
Seriake said this while speaking with State House correspondents after his
meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“I have said that on the issues in the Niger Delta, the
terrain, the historic nature of the issues and challenges are such that
military
solution may not be the way forward.
For us who are products of political system and who are at
this level, we have a duty to mobilise communal and local leadership. We also
have a duty to support the work the intelligence and security agencies are
doing and we have a duty to ensure that issues are better appreciated and we
fill the communication gap. And where there are issues those issues need be
addressed. It is also our duty to network like I’m doing to ensure that
problems that are identified as the main cause of some of these challenges are
looked into. The military solutions as I have always maintained is not the
right option. We are hopeful that the ongoing discussions will yield the
desired result. I have always been in support of negotiations and dialogue as
the sustainable way forward. Dialogue will bring out the issues and then we
will all unite around these common issues to move our country forward.”he said
-Lib
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