Nigerian military to Nigerians: ‘No gree for terrorists’ 

The same day Nigeria Police warn citizens against using the 2024 catch phrase ‘No Gree for Anybody,’ the Defence Headquarters has modified it to ‘No Gree for Terrorists’ in its admonition on how to make the country safe. 

 

‘No Gree for Anybody’ is the most trendy phrase of 2024 which means not to succumb to bullies. The Nigeria police say the phrase has revolutionary implications that could lead to chaos. 

 

The DHQ, in seeking to make 2024 less bloody, used the phrase when calling on citizens to be security conscious and report criminal activities in their environments to security operatives.

 

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, said: “Make Nigerians no gree for terrorists this year. You see something, you say something and we assure them of doing something, ” he said in pidgin.

 

Unlike Buba, however, the spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had on Wednesday warned that the slang was capable of plunging the country into crisis.

 

Buba noted that the aim of the military in 2024 is to locate and destroy the terrorists wherever they were hiding.

 

He added, ” The aim of our ongoing operations remains unchanged and clear even in the new year 2024. We aim to find and destroy the terrorist wherever they may be hiding to ensure their enduring defeat. This would deny the terrorist the ability to terrorize or hurt citizens across the country.

 

“Our operations indicate that we are hunting the terrorist commanders and their senior leadership. Indeed, from their topmost leadership to the lowest commanders are dead men walking and we will stop at nothing until they are dead or surrender.”

 

He noted that military operations in the last two weeks had resulted in the killing of 86 terrorists, while 101 have been arrested.

 

“Our operations resulted in 86 neutralized terrorists with 101 of them arrested. Troops also arrested 30 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 21  hostages.

 

“In the SS, troops denied oil theft of the estimated sum of N736,115,470.00 only,” Buba added