no breakdown of law and order recorded in the entire SE Region before and after the MASSOB/IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order.
“Remarkably enough, at odd hours of Monday 29 May 2017, all NA personnel in the SE were directed to withdraw from the streets/checkpoints across the region. No soldier should be seen (especially in uniform) outside the barracks. Troops were thus effectively confined or ‘gated’ in/to the barracks on Tuesday 30 May 2017.
“However, they are to remain in a standing position (within the barracks) – ready – in the real military sense of the word – for any eventuality. “To my prying friends, – those fond of snooping in military matters, – that was how the NA was able to extricate itself from the MASSOB/IPOB’s ‘ambush’ and the machinations of their local and international cohorts/collaborators.
“Now that you ‘provoked’ me to project our success story and address your thirst for news, be assured that the operational plans for the 30 May 2017, will as a matter of professional principles, remain a strictly guarded secret.
“Therefore, in a situation like this, it is my view that the media should be more watchful, endeavor to join the dots and make reasonable meanings in order to expose the intrigues of a few ill meaning elites in our midst. Such undertaking could also help to better educate and enlighten our fellow country men and women