AS Crocodiles CRIES... No fewer than 20 soldiers among those involved in the on-going military

No fewer than 20 soldiers among those involved in the on-going military
operations code-named ‘’Operations Crocodile Smile’’, have died in the
creeks of the Niger Delta, it has been confirmed. While four of soldiers died in the creeks of Bayelsa, another sixteen reportedly died along the River Ethiope in Delta State due to boat mishaps.

Meanwhile, militants in Niger Delta under the aegis of Niger Delta
Avengers (NDA), have asked President
Muhammadu Buhari to probe the
on-going military operations codenamed ‘’Operations Crocodile Smile’’, in
the oil rich but crisis-scarred Niger Delta region. The group offered condolences to the families and the President on the soldiers murdered in the ongoing military operation cum exercise.
In a statement by its spokesperson, self-styled Brig Gen Mudoch Agbinibo
said their deaths were more like murder than accidental, saying “their
death is due to negligence, administrative greed and a corruption within the military constructed and perfected by the ascendant APC political class (conflict merchants we have mentioned times without numbers) from the Niger Delta and some Abuja paid and bought up interest”.
The group added: “Mr. President, the worrisome dimensions about the
ongoing reorganization and restructuring of the unending security
operations in the Niger Delta is where two of your head of security
apparatus are boasting to the Minister of Defense that they have your ears. They assured him, it is now their turn to bloat their pockets and that they can talk you to even borrowing money to sustain the insecurity
in the region.” “We have earlier advised against timing, strategy and objectives of the show of military might and the deployment of
military hardware to the
Niger Delta suddenly when there is certainly cessation of hostilities for
peace talks to commence. But the top hierarchy of the Nigerian military
was only after pecuniary monetary gains and that of a ‘Champagne’
intelligence chief, who is desperately arm-twisting the peace processes
continuously.
“The advice is that all lives matters! Why are you in a hurry to train
over 2000 military personnel for just 4 to 14 days on amphibious military
exercise to occupy the Niger Delta region when the Niger Elders and
stakeholders are awaiting your response for peace talks?

“Have you forgotten the exploits of our great fathers during the infamous Nigerian Civil War in amphibious warfare without any military training? Is it because they were volunteers that the success was credited to Late Lt. Col. Benjamin Adekunle and Lt. Col Olusegun Obasanjo, instead of them?
“Mr. President as a veteran of that fateful war, you know that after all
failures, the amphibious warfare and successes were under the command of Lt. Gen. Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro of blessed memory, the pride and face of the 3rd Marine Commandos (3MCDOS) constituted of able-bodied Ijaw warriors voluntarily. They were not given any formal military training prior to that great contribution to the unity of Nigeria, but they succeeded
because they were amphibious by nature’’.NDA added: “Mr. President, the truth be told, "We are the ‘Great White Sharks of the Atlantic' when it come to marine warfare! ‘Operation
Crocodile Smiles’ is ironically, a simulative military operation cum
exercise for waters less than 2 fathoms in depth orchestrated by the top hierarchy of the military to undermine any genuine disposition from your government towards restoration of tranquility in
the Niger Delta and to exhaust your security budget for the year, except
you are thinking otherwise towards peace in the Niger Delta too.

“We, the Ijaw and the people of the Niger Delta occurred here times
immemorial. We have resisted, any attempt of exclusions in the control of our God- given resources, from the Portuguese and British colonial trades and periods to date. We are ever ready to continue that resistance even without guns and ammunition.
“Finally, Mr. President, in practical terms Crocodiles do not have any
capacity to swim close to the water depth small tiger sharks swim and play around, not to talk of the depths of the great whites, the heart of the
nation’s economy where we have overmastered. The mission ongoing in the Niger Delta is a brainchild of orchestrated military corruption at your face, Mr. President.
“Operation Crocodile Smiles is nothing but a conduit pipe for military contracts, political profiteers and patronages designed for the stress of your administration’s scarce resources. If it has any other purpose, it is satisfy the ego of a trigger -happy army chief, who killed over 800 Shiites just to have the right of way to a meeting even though there were other routes to his meeting.
“For the records, a depth of 2-3 fathoms in the Niger Delta region is
likened to the waters our kids of ages between 3-8 years bathe and swim
with crocodiles, alligators and other aquatic creatures in the
mangroves/freshwater swamps of Niger Delta creeks’’.