A worker at an illegal refinery fed by stolen crude oil
Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta Region (Operation Pulo Shield) says its operatives killed 82 sea pirates and robbers. They also arrested 1,857 crude oil thieves during 2013.
Commander of the JTF, Major-General Bata Debi, reiterated that the mandate of the task force was to stop illegal bunkering activities in the upstream sector, protect oil and gas facilities and installations, secure the environment and other lawful activities in the region
Major-General Bata Debi, who spoke in Yenagoa, revealed that the task force, destroyed; 1,951 illegal refinery camps, over 1,117 Cotonou boats, 82 tanker trucks, 81 barges and 1,873 surface tanks.
In the year under review, JTF successfully conducted several land, maritime and air operations against illegal oil bunkering and refining activities, pipeline vandalism, armed robbery and sea robbery. The task force also conducted anti-kidnapping operations, cordon and search, destruction of re-emerging militant camps and provided security to oil and gas companies in the past twelve months. Over 42 armed robbers were killed and a total of 183 suspects were arrested, 40 sea pirates were also killed, 41 arrested and all manners of assorted arms and ammunition recovered from January to date.”
Three of its operatives were said to have been killed by pirates at Andoni, Rivers State, while three others reportedly got drowned in a river near Akassa in Bayelsa State.
The commander, though acknowledged kidnapping is on the increase, stated its command killed over 23 kidnappers, arrested 236 suspects and recovered several weapons from the hoodlums.
SOURCE-ONLNIG
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