President MUHAMMADU BUHARI says the Federal Government has started deploying the military to the Niger Delta region of the country.

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI says the Federal Government has started deploying the military to the Niger Delta region of the country.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU.
The statement read that the move became imperative in order to end the sabotage of oil facilities and abduction of citizens for ransom in the coastal areas of the country.President BUHARI spoke at a meeting he had at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, with a delegation from the United States Institute of Peace.
The President was quoted as saying that his administration was giving the highest attention to the resettlement of displaced persons and reconstruction of the North East, ravaged by the activities of the Boko Haram sect.The President also told the delegation that his administration’s war against corruption would be fought within the ambit of the law.He also commended the United States of America, the Europe and other countries for the growing international support for Nigeria in her efforts to end the Boko Haram insurgency.The leader of the delegation NANCY LINDBORG, applauded the progress being made by the BUHARI administration in ensuring greater security in Nigeria.She assured the President of the continued assistance of the Institute for the reconstruction and development work going on in the country.