QuotaSystem:
Operation Crocodile Smile is not a civil war, but clean up operation in the Niger Delta. All the scAvengers, militants, cultists and other terrorists need to be mopped up effectively.

This government cannot be blackmailed.

SAINTSAMURAI:
SO you know, the west are the depots of cultist and let me tell you, you cannot plan to destroy people that are fighting for a just course.

QuotaSystem:
Operation Crocodile Smile is not a civil war, but clean up operation in the Niger Delta. All the scAvengers, militants, cultists and other terrorists need to be mopped up effectively.

This government cannot be blackmailed.

SAINTSAMURAI:
SO you know, the west are the depots of cultist and let me tell you, you cannot plan to destroy people that are fighting for a just course.

MILFangela:
Operation Crocodile Smile is not a Comabt Op. It is a simulation exercise

psucc:
@quotasystem, if the FG go brutal it may have a payback on the economy but what is so hard by bringing in the Intl community, IOCs and the FG together to discuss. Hope it is not an indictment on the FG of their insincerity.

SAINTSAMURAI:
SO you know, the west are the depots of cultist and let me tell you, you cannot plan to destroy people that are fighting for a just course.

QuotaSystem:
Operation Crocodile Smile is not a civil war, but clean up 'practice' drill in the Niger Delta. All the scAvengers, militants, cultists and other terrorists need to be mopped up effectively.

This government cannot be blackmailed.

psucc:
@quotasystem, if the FG go brutal it may have a payback on the economy but what is so hard by bringing in the Intl community, IOCs and the FG together to discuss. Hope it is not an indictment on the FG of their insincerity.

Ababadada:
So there is no solution for the Niger Delta issues. Started moving in heavy ammunition to them all too bad. Region that feed you. Will never succeed.

modath:


Stop using dialogue/discuss.. It's a misnomer....

Discuss what exactly? There is no discussion channel, it's open season blackmail using the innocent people's plights as front for criminal activities and cover for fraudulent practice...


These people already baited the government, unfortunately their line has reeled in a baby whale that will only tip them and their speedboat into the waters (pun intended)

The average Oyin, Tari, Fyneface, Boma have the support of the people, but the destructive elements making ludicrous demands do not.....




P.S ... The economy has been hit already, no threat..

The hand written on the wall is very clear.

The Nigerian Army will soon be given marching orders to commence hostilities against the militants in the region
as the Federal Government is not ready to cede any part of Nigeria to any group under whatever guise.

QuotaSystem:




Don't confuse or unknowingly fool yourself. This government cannot be blackmailed with violence.

DamiBukola:

This why we are where we are today, always boastful and the foolish president's ego will just rise unnecessary. Your government has already been blackmailed and it's in dear need of clue to come out of it.

QuotaSystem:


What is there to discuss? Release of Dasuki and Kanu?

It's past 7am. Wake up.

fbtowner:



well I think it depends on ur definition of a just course

kettykin:
I just think there is something terribly wrong with Nigeria's military.
Is that not the same military led by a former military head of state that gave bakassi peninsular away with out a single gun shot.
The biggest problem of Nigeria is what I call national hypocrisy.



I just hope this people will not go about troubling Britain, Russia and Egypt by the time Niger delta starts teaching them a bitter lesson.
One can remember vividly how after boasting of crushing biafra in 48 hours the same military led by northerners lost more than 3 divisions of the army and had to resort to using starvation of women and children who are considered innocent and to be protected to end the war.

Luckylife:
Nigeria can't afford another civil war again . This is 21st century where weapons of mass destruction are use in war . I beg the government to do a thorough advantages and numerous disadvantages that this war will bring .

princey83:

Well starvation is a weapon of war. The deadliest weapon in world war 2 was starvation.

kettykin:

The United Nations classified starvation as a war crime
Starvation ‘as a weapon’ is a war crime, UN chief warns parties to conflict in Syria

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53003#.V5xUMntwbMI

14 January 2016 – With United Nations humanitarian teams witnessing scenes in Syria that “haunt the soul,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the situation is “utterly unconscionable,” and warned that the use of starvation as a weapon during conflict is a war crime.

“Perhaps nothing more urgently reflects the need to act than the harrowing scenes from Madaya,” Mr. Ban told reporters at a press conference in New York following remarks to the UN General Assembly highlighting his 2016 priorities.

For months, the Syrian town has been besieged by parties to the conflict – a war soon entering its sixth year. UN relief teams and their partners have only recently been granted access by the Government to deliver much needed food and medical aid to thousands of people trapped inside besieged towns like Madaya.

“Shocking depths of inhumanity” were the words used by the UN chief today to describe the situation there. Relief staff who have entered Madaya reported seeing “the elderly and children, men and women, who were little more than skin and bones: gaunt, severely malnourished, so weak they could barely walk, and utterly desperate for the slightest morsel.”

The Secretary-General said there can be no denying their suffering: “Many hundreds of people are in such a dire state that they require immediate medical attention, including through possible evacuation,” he stressed.

“We are working to get medical teams and mobile clinics on the ground right away. I want to make a special plea for those in besieged areas of Syria. I would say they are being held hostage – but it is even worse. Hostages get fed.”

He noted that it has never been easy for the United Nations and its partners to reach those in such desperate need, but the situation is getting worse.

“Today, almost 400,000 people are besieged in Syria – roughly half in areas controlled by Da'esh [another term for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, and its affiliates], 180,000 in areas controlled by the Syrian Government and its allies, and some 12,000 in areas controlled by opposition armed groups,” he informed reporters.

In 2014, the UN and partners were reportedly able to deliver food to about five per cent of people in besieged areas, while today, estimates show the Organization is reaching less than one per cent.

“This is utterly unconscionable,” Mr. Ban stated. “Let me be clear: the use of starvation as a weapon of war is a war crime.”

He said all sides – including the Syrian Government – are committing this and other “atrocious acts” prohibited under international humanitarian law.

“States, in the region and beyond, that can make a difference must press the parties for sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access throughout Syria,” he urged, noting this means members of the International Syria Support Group specifically, which is comprised of the League of Arab States, the European Union, the UN, and 17 countries.

Furthermore, he said other urgent measures are needed – such as the immediate end to the use of indiscriminate weapons in civilian areas, including through shelling and air strikes by any of the parties involved militarily in Syria.

“No cause can justify the toll in civilian lives and destroyed schools, clinics and markets that we continue to register around the country every day,” he insisted.

Finally, he recalled that his Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, will continue to work towards convening intra-Syrian Geneva Talks on 25 January.

princey83:

And what is the UN going to do about it. Was gowon ever convicted of his war crimes?
It's bad, but it's one of the horrible things that happen during a war time.