Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday pledged his government’s support to the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army towards strengthening the security architecture of the state and its environs, even as Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, commended the Army for reclaiming all areas previously captured by Boko Haram insurgents in the North East.
Governor Wike also advised officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army 6 Division against the politicisation of crime, noting that security was vital to the actualisation of all developmental programmes.
Speaking during a courtesy visit by the General Officer Commanding the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major- General Kasimu Abdulkareem, at Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike said enhanced security would lead to the development of other sectors.
He said: “Let me assure you that as a government, we will continue to support the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army with the needed logistics to carry out its duties.
Security leads to the improvement of the other sectors.“
VISIT: Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State (right), and the General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major-General Kasimu Adulkarim, during a courtesy call on the governor at Government House, Uyo.
He commended the new General Officer Commanding the 6 Division for the quick successes in Ogba/Egbema/ Ndoni Local Government Area, ONELGA, where cultists were uprooted.
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The governor urged the military to step up its operations in ONELGA to dislodge the remnants of cultists who refused to accept the state’s Amnesty Programme by laying down their arms.
In his remarks, General Officer Commanding, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Abdulkareem, informed that the new division was created on November 7, 2016 out of the 82 Division to promote regional security.
