Military replaces Operation Pulo Shield in Niger Delta with Operation Delta Safe

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The Operation Pulo Shield in Niger Delta has been scrapped and replaced with Operation Delta Safe, Nigerian military has announced.
It said this is in line with the Defence Headquarters initiative to restructure the Joint Task Force for better service delivery, efficiency and effectiveness in line with the vision and mission of the Chief of Defence Staff to contain the current security challenges in the Niger Delta, especially, protection of critical national assets and provision of security in the area.
“Under this arrangement, the Joint Operational Areas of the new outfit have been delineated into 3 sectors and 5 Operational Bases covering the entire Niger Delta, Ondo and Akwa Ibom States.
“The Headquarters of Operation Delta Safe would be in Yenagoa.
“This development, according to Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin becomes expedient in order to inject new tactics and robust operational initiative to tackle the emerging security challenges in the Niger Delta region such as piracy, bunkering, vandalism and other criminalities prevalent in the area”, a statement by Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information said.

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