ONC Pays Courtesy Visit To Commanding Officer, COAS Intervention Battalion

Posted on March 17, 2026

Respected Niger Delta socio-cultural group, the Orashi National Congress, ONC, has paid a courtesy visit to Lt. Col. M.Y. Shimfe, the Commanding Officer, COAS Intervention Battalion VIII Headquarters.

The ONC paid the visit on Tuesday 17th March, 2026, at Ahoada, Rivers State.

The President General of the ONC, Amb Comrade Emeni Ibe (JP AP), in his speech said, “It is with great pleasure and intense gratefulness that by the special grace of God Almighty I led this great delegation for a courtesy visit to you sir, in appreciation of your faithful discharge of duties as the Commanding Officer, COAS Intervention Battalion Headquarters, Ahoada towards the promotion of security, healthy-cohesion and peaceful coexistence among the people within Ahoada jurisdiction”.

“We pledge our cooperation and total support to you as the Commanding Officer, COAS Intervention Battalion Headquarters, Ahoada. We are here to welcome you and to congratulate you on your assumption of office. We thank you for providing effective security support in Ahoada and we assure you of our cooperation.”

“The Orashi National Congress is an independent socio-cultural umbrella organization of Orashi people, whose aims and objective among others are the advocation for sustainable security and preaching of peace, national unity and justice particularly to enlighten and mobilize Orashi people to always use dialogue in resolving conflicts and consulting with security agencies.”

“We in the congress have the aims and the ambition of contributing our quota towards bettering the society by creating conducive industrial environment with focus on actualizing the ideal of better society and reduction of crime like cultism, pipeline vandalization, youth restiveness and terrorism etc. We carry out the following activities: public enlightenment campaign for the returns of arms illegally possessed, national unity and security workshop, Orashi peace walk (aka) Waka for peace, talk shop for military/civilian cordial interface, anti-pipeline vandalization campaign, anti-bunkering initiative, anti-kidnapping campaign, operation walk with security agencies and operation give honour to traditional rulers, just to mention but few.”

“We are here also to identify and partner with you on the realization of continuous peaceful co-existence campaign in the area.”

“Let me, on behalf of the leadership of the Orashi National Congress, most humbly express our solidarity with you once again, more grace to your elbow sir. Having carried out a critical examination of your performance in office, pages of paper cannot contain our gratitude.”

“To this end, we thank you for this opportunity and attention for granting our request to meet with you; please accept our highest esteem and best regards.

We hereby pledge our loyalty and support to you and the personnel of the COAS Intervention Battalion” Ambassador Ibe concluded.

The Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. M. Y. Shimfe, in his response stated that he was impressed with the objectives of the ONC. He promised to work with the Congress towards achieving the mandate of the COAS Intervention Battalion.

Lt. Col. Shimfe assured that his door is open for collaboration. He said that the visit of delegation was timely and the ONC is the first group to identify with the Intervention Battalion and it is a welcome development.