Nigerian Troops Arrest Ex-militant Leader And Others In Delta

Some suspected militants in the Niger Delta region have been arrested by security operatives over links to the destruction of oil facilities in the volatile region.  Ahead of Tuesday’s visit by Vice - President Yemi Osinbajo to Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South - West Local Government Area of Delta State, tension on Sunday enveloped the Niger Delta region over alleged arrest and invasion of some ex - militant leaders’ homes in the state by soldiers.

 
A Punch correspondent reliably learnt that scores of ex-militants, including a top ex-militant leader, Mr . Bounanawei Smith, alias King of the Forest, were arrested in a fresh crackdown in what sources said were not unconnected with renewed hostilities and fresh threat by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil facilities.
 
Osinbajo is scheduled to visit Gbaramatu Kingdom where the embattled ex - militant leader , Chief Government Ekpemupolo , popularly known as Tompolo , hails from. Osinbajo ’ s visit is for the purpose of holding talks with leaders of Gbaramatu, which had become a hub of militants’ activities in recent times.
 
Security, ahead of the visit, has been beefed up both on land and in the sea, as gunboats and military personnel , dispatched to strategic locations in Warri South -West were seen , while military vans were also seen on Saturday and Sunday patrolling flashpoints in the state.
 
Sources close to Smith told a correspondent on Sunday that operatives of the Joint Task Force, code -named : Operation Delta Safe , invaded the ex -militant leader ’s home at Esiso Estate along Effurun/Sapele Road in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area in the late hours of Saturday.
 
The ex -militant leader was said to be holding a meeting with some members of the Ijaw Youth Council when the soldiers allegedly forcefully broke into his home before arresting him and seven others, whose identities were not known as of the time of filing this report.
 
It was further learnt that some other ex -agitators were also arrested on Saturday by the military and were held at the Warri Naval Base of the Nigerian Navy Ship Delta awaiting to be moved to the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
 
Smith was only recently appointed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as a member of the state’ s Land and Waterways Security Committee, charged with the responsibility of working with security agencies to ensure peace in the state.
 
The Commander , NNS Delta , Commodore Joseph Dzunve , when contacted on the telephone on Sunday, confirmed that several persons were arrested and were being held at the Naval Base Warri. He declined to give details of the arrest.

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Posted: at 9-01-2017 01:14 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Ahead of Tuesday’s visit by Vice - President Yemi Osinbajo to Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South - West Local Government Area of Delta State, tension on Sunday enveloped the Niger Delta region over alleged arrest and invasion of some ex - militant leaders’ homes in the state by soldiers. It was learnt that scores of ex-militants, including a top ex-militant leader, Mr . Bounanawei Smith, alias King of the Forest, were arrested in a fresh crackdown in what sources said were not unconnected with renewed hostilities and fresh threat by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil facilities.
 Osinbajo is scheduled to visit Gbaramatu Kingdom where the embattled ex - militant leader , Chief Government Ekpemupolo , popularly known as Tompolo , hails from. Osinbajo ’ s visit is for the purpose of holding talks with leaders of Gbaramatu, which had become a hub of militants’ activities in recent times. Security, ahead of the visit, has been beefed up both on land and in the sea, as gunboats and military personnel , dispatched to strategic locations in Warri South -West were seen , while military vans were also seen on Saturday and Sunday patrolling flashpoints in the state.
 Sources close to Smith told a correspondent on Sunday that operatives of the Joint Task Force, code -named : Operation Delta Safe , invaded the ex -militant leader ’s home at Esiso Estate along Effurun/Sapele Road in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area in the late hours of Saturday. The ex -militant leader was said to be holding a meeting with some members of the Ijaw Youth Council when the soldiers allegedly forcefully broke into his home before arresting him and seven others, whose identities were not known as of the time of filing this report.
 
It was further learnt that some other ex -agitators were also arrested on Saturday by the military and were held at the Warri Naval Base of the Nigerian Navy Ship Delta awaiting to be moved to the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
 
Smith was only recently appointed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as a member of the state’ s Land and Waterways Security Committee, charged with the responsibility of working with security agencies to ensure peace in the state.
 
The Commander , NNS Delta , Commodore Joseph Dzunve , when contacted on the telephone on Sunday, confirmed that several persons were arrested and were being held at the Naval Base Warri. He declined to give details of the arrest.

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Posted: at 9-01-2017 01:22 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

send dem to jail

Posted: at 9-01-2017 01:34 PM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

govt don march lion tail, dat errand boy called osibanjo should no cross niger delta or else his finished

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Posted: at 9-01-2017 02:16 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

PEACE AD UNITY.

Posted: at 9-01-2017 02:49 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

This matter get as e be

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Posted: at 9-01-2017 03:13 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

nigerians are watching

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Posted: at 9-01-2017 06:38 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Please please hold on, why e be say everywhere I take even when I wan hide yawa dey there?

Why why?

Yawa life, yawa goes on

Posted: at 12-01-2017 03:56 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero