My Musa Umar Bologi
Abuja
Defence Headquarters has renamed the Joint Military Task Force in Niger Delta, code named Operation Pulo Shield, with Operation Delta Safe.
A statement by the Defence spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said
the change was in line with 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.”
He said under the new arrangement, the Joint Operational Areas of the
new outfit have been delineated into three sectors and five Operational Bases
covering the entire Niger Delta, Ondo and Akwa Ibom states.
According to him, 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.”
