FIVES suspected members of the Niger Delta
Avengers, NDA, captured by soldiers after the
bombing of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL,
pipeline at Makaraba community, Gbaramatu
clan, in Warri South-West Local Government
Area of Delta State, on Friday, have been
relocated to the 19th Battalion, Nigerian Army,
Koko, Warri North.
Military sources told Sunday Vanguard that the
suspects were transferred to the Army facility in
the early hours of yesterday, just
as fierce-
looking soldiers invaded Oporoza, the traditional
headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom in search
of militants bombing pipelines in the state.
The incursion was the second time security
agents were storming Oporoza in five days. The
security agencies have instruction from
President Muhammadu Buhari to crush the NDA
which has claimed responsibility for attacks on
oil installations and pipelines bearing petroleum
products in recent times in the Niger Delta.
Sunday Vanguard’s efforts to get the
spokesperson for the Joint Task Force, Col Isa
Ado, to comment on the latest development on
the new wave of militancy in the Niger-Delta,
yesterday, were unsuccessful, as he did not
respond to calls and text messages to his cell
phone.
A security source, who spoke to our
correspondents on the Friday attack, however,
said: “They (suspected Avengers’ militants) were
arrested immediately the blast occurred following
the cordoning off of the scene of the incident
by security operatives stationed to protect oil
facilities in the area.
“The suspects were taken into the custody of
the army in the area, but are yet to make
statements or admit if they are members of the
Niger Delta Avengers or otherwise.”
Unlike the previous attacks, which the Avengers
claimed responsibility, it did not admit it carried
out the most recent Makaraba pipeline attack.
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