The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, stated this on Thursday in Abuja while giving the weekly update on the activities of the military across theatres of operation.
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This followed the activities of vandals who were said to have ruptured a pipeline
Ramat Momoh, the spokeswoman of Igba Otun CDA in Muti-Ereko, Sagamu, Ogun State, urged the Federal Government to do more by establishing a police station in one of the affected communities
The Eagle Online is reporting that following the decision of the vandals, who are suspected to be Ijaw militants, to move into the inner parts of the creeks, the military also opted to deploy fighter aircrafts to “smoke” them out
He said: “What happened just about 10 days ago in Ikorodu is highly unfortunate. But people of Yoruba are the only people that play politics with their lives and properties. When you have a dog that is preventing criminals from coming to your house and you take it to the veterinary to remove its teeth; when criminals come to your house, what will the dog use to fight them?
Addressing newsmen on Saturday, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said an aggressive and massive manhunt had already commenced against the suspected militants, adding that the investigation was going on smoothly
The Naval personnel were said to be members of the Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Joint Task Force
Okunlola explained that the raid, carried out on December 6, led to recovery of a cache of arms and ammunition by troops deployed to patrol Benin River and adjourning creeks in Itagbene, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State
A report by THISDAY had it that the vandals had already vandalised one of the pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the area and were siphoning fuel when the DSS operatives stormed the scene
The command’s Public Relation Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos
The commandant, Plateau state of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Vincent Bature paraded them before newsmen on Thursday
Ojeniyi said the NSCDC will continue to work assiduously towards providing security to the people, adding that the organisation will also continue to work in synergy with other security outfits so that “people can sleep with all eyes closed in the state”
Besides, Uduaghan said that the state government was in support of those calling for the establishment of modular refineries across the Niger Delta region in place of the illegal ones being destroyed as part of the measures to get the youths gainfully employed among other benefits
Eyewitnesses claimed that problem started after some officials of the NSCDC stormed Saponkoji Village near Ogogoro village (an Island) in Apapa area of the metropolis in search of suspected pipeline vandals and illegal oil dealers and started firing sporadically
Attempting to rationalise his crime, the suspect, Abdulazeez Amao, 47, claimed that he always tried to make sure he did not sell guns to armed robbers
Ikpeamonwu said: “Within one year of our operations in the state, we have been able to arrest more than 47 vandals and also locate and destroyed seven illegal refineries in the state
The NEC is made up of the 36 state governors and the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, among others
Residents of the community, situated in Ido Local Government Area of the state, told newsmen that the inferno did not claim and life or property
“The global community is on track and already geared up and we are working to put in place a strategic platform that will involve us all and enable us track and fingerprint stolen crude
The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC in Ogun State, Kareem Olarenwaju, said they could not make any arrest as the vandals fled through the water ways