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…Troops make arrest
UGHELLI – LESS
than 24 hours after it attacked a crude oil delivery line supplying products to
the Ughelli Quality Control Center, QCC, the Niger Delta Greenland
Justice
Mandate, NDGJM, Friday night said it has bombed the Oviri-Ogor delivery line to
the QCC operated by the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC and
Shoreline, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. The attack is
coming on the heels of the arrest of four suspects in connection with the last
Thursday’s hit on the delivery line at Iwhremaro community, Ughelli by troops
of the 222 Battalion where they are being held and undergoing interrogation
according to a senior police officer at the Ughelli Area Command. NDGJM in a
statement by its spokesperson, self style General Aldo Agbalaja, explained that
the attack was in further execution of its “Operation Hammurabi Code” which was
launched with the Thursday’s attack. Giving details of Friday’s attack,
Agbalaja said: “the Akuma Strike Team, at about 2300hour of Friday, October 14,
2016, bombed the Oviri-Ogor delivery line to the QCC in Ughelli. “This is a
message to, not just Shoreline and NPDC, the operators of this facility, but to
all of you who own facilities in the upland area of our land and are still
believing in the arms of flesh. “This shall be the state of affairs until all
of you adjust to taking our land and the lives of our people seriously. The
Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate is not kidding with anybody and anybody
should not think this is just one of those coming around to beg for a morsel of
bread. Start a real and genuine engagement of real grass rooted leaders from
the region, not the divide-and-rule pattern, and this campaign shall cease.
…Warns Army against going after innocent people “We, however, want to serve a
warning to the Nigerian armed forces, don’t want to use this to start going
after innocent community people. If you come in contact with us, it will not be
a case of arrest, but a test of arms strength; such an encounter will
undoubtedly result to a fight, so be warned.” …Attacked line not in use- JTF
However, the Acting spokesman of the Joint Task Force, JTF, code-named
Operation Delta Sate, Thomas Otuji downplayed the effect of the attack stating
that the affected line was disused and had been breached earlier. “There was an
attack on an old pipeline earlier vandalised. No product running in it. Troops
on the trail to ascertain the identity of the criminals”, he said
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