Breaking : See How JTF Arrests Militants Who Blew Up Agip Oil Pipeline In Bayelsa State

According to report by Breaking Times,The
Joint Task Force has apprehended the militants
who reportedly blew up a pipeline belonging to
NAOC.
The pipeline was set ablaze in Ikienghenbiri
community in Southern Ijaw Local Government
Area of Bayelsa state, following a clash
between rival armed groups over alleged
disputed surveillance contract. Sources reveal
that the incident, which occurred at about
2am on Sunday, May 22, caused panic in the
riverside community with many residents
fleeing their homes to neighbouring
communities.
This latest attack on oil facilities, comes on the
heels of calls by ex-militants in the Niger Delta
under the aegis of Leadership, Peace and
Cultural Development Initiative (LPCDI), on
reneged militant groups in the region to stop
attacks on oil and gas pipelines to allow
President Muhammadu Buhari fulfill his
electoral promises to the region. The armed
youths from Ikienghenbiri community were
arrested for allegedly blowing up a major oil
pipeline line owned by Agip with dynamites.
The armed men, who attacked the pipeline in
the swamp of Azuzuama-Ikienghenbiri axis of
the trunk conveying the crude oil from
Tebidaba to Brass terminal, were allegedly led
by Suoyou, Iyelawei and Fyneboy. READ ALSO:
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attack A statement, yesterday, in Yenagoa by
the state commissioner for information and
orientation, Jonathan Obuebite, said that the
pipeline vandals were apprehended by youths
of Azuzuama community, who got wind of the
attack. On the pipeline that was set ablaze, an
indigene of Ikienghenbiri community told our
reporter that the armed groups were locked in
struggle for control of the Tebidaba-Brass
crude trunk line, which passed through the
area.
“The armed men vandalized the pipeline along
Azuzuama-Ikienghenbiri axis of the Tebidaba-
Brass pipeline with dynamites and also ignited
fire on the line. The vandalized point is still on
fire,” said a community service personnel.
Another source, said:
According to him, the pipeline was set ablaze
while the two groups engaged each other in a
gun battle, adding that there was no way to
ascertain if there was any casualty.
“We understand that it is a conflict
between two armed groups for access
the crude pipeline, one group claims t
be working to safeguard the pipeline a
said that members of the other group
are vandals, they have been shooting.
“The sound of the gunfire is scaring an
there is no sign of the Joint Task Force
JTF, soldiers who are supposed to be
patrolling the area, we have not seen
any soldier.”