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JTF Arrests Suspects over SPDC Pipeline Fire
The Joint Task Force (JTF), in the Niger Delta, last Sunday, said its operatives 🤑 have arrested eight persons in connection with the recent fire outbreak at a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC), pipeline in 🤑 Gokana LGA of Rivers State. Spokesman of the Task Force, Lt. Col Onyema Nwachukwu, said the arrest of the eight 🤑 suspects was made by troops of 146 Battalion of Sector 2 of the JTF. Nwachukwu said the troops who sighted 🤑 the fire at about 1.30 am on Wednesday mobilised to the scene where they found the suspects in two tug 🤑 boats. He said the suspects upon interrogation, claimed to be employees of Steve Integrated Technical Service and Sege Marine hired 🤑 by Shell Petroleum Development Company to fix broken pipelines in Bodo. Troops deployed at Sanbarth also arrested two suspects who 🤑 specialized in vandalising oil pipelines in Akuku Toru LGA.
Suspected Kidnappers Arrested with18 Children
The Imo State Police Command, last weekend, nabbed 🤑 a bus driver and a teacher at the border between Imo and Rivers States, conveying about 18 school children suspected 🤑 to have been abducted. Investigations revealed that the pupils were allegedly abducted from Umuohie Primary School and Baptist Secondary School, 🤑 Umuohie, all in Ngor Okpala LGA of Imo State. According to reports, the bus driver refused to stop when he 🤑 was flagged down for routine check and this fuelled suspicion among the policemen on duty. The female teacher and the 🤑 driver were already telling the police all they knew about the movement of the school children. Residents of the area 🤑 have appealed to security agencies in the state to extend their surveillance to the border road, which they described as 🤑 “very lonely.” According to them, the road was gradually turning into a get-away route for criminals operating across the border 🤑 communities.
Fulani Herdsmen Attack Enugu Community
