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The Nigerian Army says it is not directly involved in ongoing
operation to restore law and order in Oyibo Local Government Area of
Rivers State.
Spokesman of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt,
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, said in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Iliyasu said the army only assisted the police on Tuesday following
violent clash between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and
the Hausa community.
According to him, troops have since been withdrawn to strategic
locations while the police are now fully in control of the situation.
“Some persons are just trying to stir up tension by insinuating
that the army was involved in a shoot-out with IPOB members in the
early hours of Thursday.
“If any security agency had a shoot-out with anyone; then it is definitely not the army that took part in the shootout.
“This is because the army has since withdrawn troops on Tuesday
after normalcy was restored, to enable the police discharge their
constitutional mandate.
“However, soldiers are currently on a standby in case the
situation escalates beyond what the police can handle. It is only in
that situation that the army will intervene,” he said.
The spokesman said that no arrest was made by the army during its
brief intervention in the clash that ensued between IPOB members and the
Hausa community.
He said that relative calm had been restored with social and economic activities returning to the area.
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