Deputy Governor Ipalibo Harry Banigo, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Kasimu Abdulkareem and Commander 6 Division Garrison, Brigadier General Kabiru Garba during a visit of the General Officer Commanding to the Rivers State Governor at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that his administration will support the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in the strengthening the Security Architecture of the state and its environs.
But the Governor advised the officers and men of the Nigerian Army 6 Division against the politicization of crime, noting that security is 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 on Thursday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Governor Wike said enhanced security leads 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 her duties. Security leads to the improvement of the other sectors”.
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.
The governor urged the military to step up its operations in ONELGA to dislodge the remnants of cultists who refused to accept the State Amnesty Programme by laying down their arms.
He lauded the Federal Government for establishing the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army to help fight crime in the state, pointing out that his administration will continue to work for the unity of the country.
In his remarks, General Officer Commanding, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Kasimu Abdulkareem informed that the new division was created on 7 November, 2016 out of the 82 Division to promote regional security.
He said the division with headquarters in Port Harcourt covers Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Bayelsa States.
According to him, the new division would fight pipeline vandalism, cultism and militancy. The General Officer Commanding the 6 Division called on the Rivers State Government to support the division.