A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari government and the military, to end the military operation set up in the South East code-named ‘Operation Python Dance’.
Ejiofor, speaking on Channels Television Breakfast Programme, Sunrise Daily, expressed worry that the military operation may lead the country into serious national trouble.
“It is a very worrying and disturbing situation. Operation Python dance has a grave consequence to our national security.
“My fears are that, if these situations are not checked now, it can conflagrate into a more serious national security situation.
“The military, I appeal, I am not giving an order must withdraw in the interest of peace. In the interest of peace, that dance of the military must stop.
“That dance is not necessary, it is uncalled for and I am using this opportunity to appeal to the military authorities and the Federal Government to stop that dance. That dance is not necessary,” he said.
Ejiofor also analyzed the code-name of the operation and said it was dangerous to name a military operation as such.
He said: “Let’s look at it, Operation Python Dance, what is a python? A Python looks at its victim, suffocates the victim before it swallows it. That is not conciliatory at all.
“At this stage of our national life when we have a lot of security challenge, we should try and see how we can solve some of the problems instead of adding more to our problems.”
The military started Operation Python Dance last year in the South East, with the aim of tackling criminal activities and insecurity in the region.
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