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Nigerian military says to observe ceasefire directive with militants

Xinhua, June 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Despite continuous attacks on oil and gas pipelines by militants in Niger Delta region, the Nigerian military on Thursday said it will continue to observe the two-week ceasefire declared by the government.

Fielding questions from journalists, Ibrahim Attahiru, General Officer Commanding (GOC) with 82 Division of Nigerian Army, said the two-week ceasefire was such that all military operations in the region were supposed to stop to enable government to apply the non-kinetic means of reaching out to the militants.

"We will tarry for a while and if this does not work, we will decisively act wherever it is necessary," said the GOC.

He told reporters the Nigerian military would resume its operations in the region if the militants continued to disregard the ceasefire.

The Niger Delta Avengers militant group on Wednesday said its fighters destroyed another oil well belonging to American multinational oil firm, Chevron, in Nigeria's southern city of Warri, despite the ceasefire arrangement earlier announced by government.

The group said in a statement that it was not set to dialogue with government representatives. Endit