The Joint Military Task Force code named Operation Pulo Shield has disclosed arrest of 13 persons in Delta and Rivers states over their alleged involvement in pipeline vandalism and theft of crude oil along the creeks and waters in the Niger Delta region.
According to the JTF, three persons were arrested in Beneth Island of Warri South Local Council of Delta State and the Agbede Forest of Edo State for illegal oil bunkering. Eleven other suspects were arrested in Kalamabo and Opukula communities in Akuku Toru and Bodo West of Gokana Local Council of Rivers State for their involvement in illegal oil bunkering and fire outbreak on the pipeline owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The JTF, in a statement issued Sunday in Yenagoa by its Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Onyenma Nwachukwu, said some of the arrests were carried out by different formations of the Task Force with operatives lying in the bush for days in the region to trap pipeline vandals.
"The Joint Task Force OPERATION PULO SHIELD deployed in 3 Battalion of Sector 1 of the JTF has arrested three suspects running three illegal oil distillery camps in Opumani Gbekebor, Beneth Island of Warri South Local Council of Delta State and Agbede forest in Edo State. The suspects were arrested during an anti-illegal oil bunkering operation with four metal tanks, 236 drums and 13 pumping machines at the illegal oil distillation sites.
"Five dug out pits used by the oil theft suspects to store stolen crude oil at the illegal distillation camps were also sealed by the troops. The three suspects, Samson Kristo, Lawrence Pius and Powede Clerk, who were arrested in the operation, are helping in preliminary investigations at the Headquarters of 3 Battalion before they will be handed over to the appropriate prosecuting agency," the statement read. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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