Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, yesterday said deployment of
military to Niger Delta would not quell militancy in the region. Seriake
said this while speaking with State House correspondents after his
meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“I have said that on the issues in the Niger Delta, the terrain, the
historic nature of the issues and challenges are such that military
solution may not be the way forward.
For us who are products of political system and
who are at this level, we have a duty to mobilise communal and local
leadership. We also have a duty to support the work the intelligence and
security agencies are doing and we have a duty to ensure that issues
are better appreciated and we fill the communication gap. And where
there are issues those issues need be addressed. It is also our duty to
network like I’m doing to ensure that problems that are identified as
the main cause of some of these challenges are looked into. The military
solutions as I have always maintained is not the right option. We are
hopeful that the ongoing discussions will yield the desired result. I
have always been in support of negotiations and dialogue as the
sustainable way forward. Dialogue will bring out the issues and then we
will all unite around these common issues to move our country
forward.”he said