The Nigerian Military has said that it is
closing in on militants who allegedly blew-up oil pipelines belonging to
the Nigeria Gas Company, Chevron Nigeria Limited and Nigeria National
Petroleum Company (NNPC).
Major General Alani Okunola, commander of operation “Pulo Shield” in
the Niger Delta, said that the task force was closing in on those who
are blowing up oil-pipelines.
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The army chief promised that the JTF would stop at nothing till they make this form of vandalism a thing of the past.
Major General Okunola, who led his troop to inspect one of the blown up pipelines at Egwa II community in Warri South West, said the army would hold community leaders in whose domain such bombing took place responsible for any act of sabotage in their area.
He said that the federal government would do all it can to bring the saboteurs of the national assets to book as they were already closing in on the criminals.
Okunola said that henceforth, security agencies would enforce the extant law banning the use of outboard engines with 200 HP and above.
He said the Federal government would not condone any act of sabotage
in the country, noting that it would deal ruthlessly with those behind
the dastardly act.
The commander described the act as not only criminal but also capable of undermining the national security.
He pleaded with government officials and community leaders to give JTF and other security agencies in the region useful information that would lead to arrest of the perpetrators for prosecution.
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According to him: “It was blown up three days ago. We are going to fish out those responsible.
“It was a massive sabotage and critical to national assets. There is no way we will fold our hands and allow the perpetrators to get away with it.
“We do not have our men deployed in the area that is why they have the opportunity to do it.”
The JTF commander said it was sad for anyone to put the nation in jeopardy by blowing up its national assets.
He assured Niger Delta residents of JTF’s determination to wipe out all acts of illegalities in the region.
The military, On Sunday, January 17, invaded some Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri southwest local government area, Delta state, with gunboats in search of militants, who carried out a three-day bombing of crude oil and gas pipelines in the state, from last Thursday.
Confirming the invasion of the military, the chairman of Okpelama, an Ijaw town in Gbaramatu kingdom, Mr Moses Yabrade, said that soldiers stormed his community in the midnight of Saturday, breaking houses but stressed that he did not know what they came for.
The community leader told Vanguard: “The soldiers said they would come back and nobody wants to wait for their visit knowing what happened when they bombarded our communities in 2009.”
There are emerging reports that the military invasion have caused more riverside residents are fleeing their communities because of an unsubstantiated report that the soldiers said they would return very soon.
Warri pipeline bombing
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The army chief promised that the JTF would stop at nothing till they make this form of vandalism a thing of the past.
Major General Okunola, who led his troop to inspect one of the blown up pipelines at Egwa II community in Warri South West, said the army would hold community leaders in whose domain such bombing took place responsible for any act of sabotage in their area.
He said that the federal government would do all it can to bring the saboteurs of the national assets to book as they were already closing in on the criminals.
Okunola said that henceforth, security agencies would enforce the extant law banning the use of outboard engines with 200 HP and above.
JTF inspecting the sites of the pipe line explosion.
The commander described the act as not only criminal but also capable of undermining the national security.
He pleaded with government officials and community leaders to give JTF and other security agencies in the region useful information that would lead to arrest of the perpetrators for prosecution.
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According to him: “It was blown up three days ago. We are going to fish out those responsible.
“It was a massive sabotage and critical to national assets. There is no way we will fold our hands and allow the perpetrators to get away with it.
“We do not have our men deployed in the area that is why they have the opportunity to do it.”
The JTF commander said it was sad for anyone to put the nation in jeopardy by blowing up its national assets.
He assured Niger Delta residents of JTF’s determination to wipe out all acts of illegalities in the region.
The military, On Sunday, January 17, invaded some Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri southwest local government area, Delta state, with gunboats in search of militants, who carried out a three-day bombing of crude oil and gas pipelines in the state, from last Thursday.
Confirming the invasion of the military, the chairman of Okpelama, an Ijaw town in Gbaramatu kingdom, Mr Moses Yabrade, said that soldiers stormed his community in the midnight of Saturday, breaking houses but stressed that he did not know what they came for.
The community leader told Vanguard: “The soldiers said they would come back and nobody wants to wait for their visit knowing what happened when they bombarded our communities in 2009.”
There are emerging reports that the military invasion have caused more riverside residents are fleeing their communities because of an unsubstantiated report that the soldiers said they would return very soon.
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