'Military actions alone cannot stop militantcy in the Niger Delta' - Kachikwu

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, says military action alone cannot solve the problem of militancy in the Niger Delta region. According to Kachikwu, dialogue can be used to quell the uprising in the area. He said this while speaking at an interactive session on removal of fuel subsidy organised by Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) held in Lagos yesterday...

“The military barrels cannot stop or solve problem of militancy in the Niger–Delta region. I will have to go back to my brothers, they are our brothers we will go and dialogue with them,” he said