Britain advocates dialogue 

British High Commissioner, Paul Arkwright,  who visited the Ake Palace, in Abeokuta, accompanied by Political Counsellor, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, and former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, and Dr Emeka Anyioku, yesterday, advocated  dialogue as part of an
understanding approach that should be considered  by Nigerian government to address the situation, adding that force alone might only bring about a tempral solution to the Niger Delta issue.

Arkwright said to news men that though there was need to protect the investments, not just the British companies and international companies operating there, but also Nigerian companies from acts of criminality going – on in the region, the military should tread carefully.

 He noted that the Britain was already talking to the federal government and its authorities on need to take a    “comprehensive approach” and not to rely solely on military option as solution to the Niger Delta militants.

According to him, it is important that the    Nigerian government figure out other ways to engage the communities in the area, understand the grievances of the people and also ensured that the environmental damage was cleaned up.

He also suggested that same option should be applied to conclude the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the North East of the country.