JTF has failed in N'Delta – Bisina

Daily Independent
17 Janaury 2011

JTF has failed in N'Delta – Bisina
Joel Bisina is the facilitator of Niger Delta Professionals for Development (NIDPRODEV), a non-governmental organisation. In this interview with reporters including Correspondent Harris-Okon Emmanuel, he talks about the recent raid on Ayakoromor community in Burutu council of Delta State by the Joint Task Force (JTF), calling for the agency’s probe by local and international human rights organisations, and the Nigerian government. Though acknowledging some crime fighting achievements, Bisina reasons that the agency needs to rework its strategies to effectively deal with insurgence and other internal security matter in the volatile oil-rich Niger Delta region. Excerpts: