The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta,
Operation Pulo Shield said on Sunday that it had
dismantled a militant camp in the Bakassi Local
Government Area of Cross River. A statement by the Media Coordinator of the
JTF, Lt.-Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, in Yenagoa,
said that various arms were recovered from the
camp. “During the clamp down, the troops recovered
24 x 7.62mm round cartons, five Browning
Machine Gun, ammunition, 3 x 7.62mm round
special and seven live cartridges. “Other items recovered from the camp include
four machine gun belts and one passport fibre
boat, belonging to the Inland Water Ways
Agency,” JTF stated. According to Nwachukwu, the camp known in
local parlance as ‘Efut Esighi Militant Camp,
served as operational base for pirates and
militants from where they attacked their
victims. “JTF operatives destroyed three illegal crude
oil distillation camps concealed in a forest at
Agbede village and Egwua 2 general area of
Esako West and Warri South West Local
Government Areas of Edo and Delta States,” he
said. In a similar operation conducted in Bayelsa and
Rivers sectors, JTF troops shut down 56 illegal
crude oil distillation camps. The troops destroyed 16 Cotonou boats, 22
pumping machines, a power generator, 25 zinc
plates used for fabricating local crude oil
distillers, a welding machine and 32 sawed
pipes used by oil thieves. The troops also impounded four metal barges
and a speed boat caught engaging in illegal oil
bunkering activities in the operation which took
place between Nov. 11 and Nov. 22. Nwachukwu stated further that seven suspects
were arrested for oil theft-related offences
and were currently undergoing preliminary
investigations. (NAN)
Operation Pulo Shield said on Sunday that it had
dismantled a militant camp in the Bakassi Local
Government Area of Cross River. A statement by the Media Coordinator of the
JTF, Lt.-Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, in Yenagoa,
said that various arms were recovered from the
camp. “During the clamp down, the troops recovered
24 x 7.62mm round cartons, five Browning
Machine Gun, ammunition, 3 x 7.62mm round
special and seven live cartridges. “Other items recovered from the camp include
four machine gun belts and one passport fibre
boat, belonging to the Inland Water Ways
Agency,” JTF stated. According to Nwachukwu, the camp known in
local parlance as ‘Efut Esighi Militant Camp,
served as operational base for pirates and
militants from where they attacked their
victims. “JTF operatives destroyed three illegal crude
oil distillation camps concealed in a forest at
Agbede village and Egwua 2 general area of
Esako West and Warri South West Local
Government Areas of Edo and Delta States,” he
said. In a similar operation conducted in Bayelsa and
Rivers sectors, JTF troops shut down 56 illegal
crude oil distillation camps. The troops destroyed 16 Cotonou boats, 22
pumping machines, a power generator, 25 zinc
plates used for fabricating local crude oil
distillers, a welding machine and 32 sawed
pipes used by oil thieves. The troops also impounded four metal barges
and a speed boat caught engaging in illegal oil
bunkering activities in the operation which took
place between Nov. 11 and Nov. 22. Nwachukwu stated further that seven suspects
were arrested for oil theft-related offences
and were currently undergoing preliminary
investigations. (NAN)
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