ONC Pays Courtesy Visit To Commander FOB Nigerian Army 6 Division

Respected Niger Delta socio-cultural group, the Orashi National Congress, ONC, has paid a courtesy visit to Lt. Col. B.M. Ibrahim, the Commander, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Nigerian Army, 6 Division, Ahoada, Rivers State.

In his speech during the visit, the ONC PG said, “It is with great joy and profound gratitude that I, Amb. Emeni Ibe, by the special grace of God Almighty led this great delegation for a courtesy visit to you Sir. We are here to welcome you, congratulate you on your assumption of office and also identify with you. We also wish to use this medium to express our profound gratitude on this kind gesture envisaged on the promotion of security, healthy-cohesion and peaceful coexistence among the people of Orashi Region”.

“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 having 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 to identify and partner with you on the realization of continuous peaceful co-existence campaign in the area while we pledge our cooperation and total support with you.

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 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 meeting with you; please accept our highest esteem and best regards.”

In his response, Lt. Col. B.M. Ibrahim thanked the ONC for the visit. He admonished the Congress to remain law-abiding and ensure that their activities are within the ambits of the law of the land.

Lt. Col. B.M. Ibrahim also charged the ONC to furnish the FOB with information that will help their operations in the area. He encouraged the Congress to extend their activities to the youths in the area for them to eschew criminal activities and violence. On the forthcoming programmes of the Congress, the Commander assured the group of strong support from him and his men.

The visit concluded on a good note after the group photographs with the ONC assuring the Commander of greater support than they gave to his predecessor.