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Army dismantles oil bunkerers’ camp, arrest vandals

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wirNH5VP" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"OGXRoi8A" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian Army says the troops of 6 Division&comma; operating under &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Exercise Still Waters”&comma; have conducted raid operations and destroyed five oil bunkering camps with 16 cooking ovens and 21 reservoirs in parts of Bayelsa and Rivers States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Director&comma; Army Public Relations&comma; Brig&period;-Gen&period; Onyema Nwachukwu&comma; stated this while briefing newsmen on the ongoing army exercises across the country on Monday in Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;04&sol;12&sol;troops-repel-boko-haram-incursion-in-borno-lost-two-soldiers&sol;">Troops Repel Boko Haram Incursion In Borno &comma; Lost Two Soldiers<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Nwachukwu said the troops in conjunction with personnel of sister security agencies&comma; conducted aggressive night patrol to Amousa in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers following credible information on the activities of bunkerers in the vicinity&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"5N37NcJP" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; a total of three dumps with illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil &lpar;AGO&rpar; were subsequently destroyed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This was followed by another raid operation on Oct&period; 7 within Opromor-Peretoror in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The raid led to the destruction of five bunkering camps&comma; 16 cooking ovens and 21 reservoirs&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nwachukwu also disclosed that troops also apprehended three suspected metal vandals along Oku–Iboku–Mbak road in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said the suspects were duly handed over to relevant authorities for further action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Army spokesman further stated that troops of 81 Division&comma; had on Oct&period; 7&comma; intercepted a large barge of illegally bunkered petroleum products along the Ojodu-Berger waterways&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added that a Joint Patrol team&comma; comprising troops of 2 Division&comma; paramilitary personnel and vigilantes&comma; rescued 18 kidnap victims from kidnappers’ hideout at Ezizubowa forest in Edo on Oct&period; 7&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the troops overwhelmed the criminals and forced them to flee the hideout&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Troops subsequently rescued the kidnap victims and recovered 20 cartridges&comma; 70 rounds of 7&period;55mm ammunition&comma; one HP Laptop&comma; 15 mobile phones&comma; and the sum of N223&comma;200&comma; amongst others&comma;” according to him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Besides&comma; he disclosed that troops of 81 Division also apprehended 17 suspected drug users and recovered a large volume of substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa on Oct&period; 6&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nwachukwu also said that troops of 81 Division&comma; in collaboration with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency &lpar;NDLEA&rpar;&comma; conducted an anti-drug raid operation and arrested eight suspects at Idi-Oro in Mushin&comma; Lagos State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said that a foreign national in possession of several sacks of substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa and other psychoactive drugs&comma; worth about N6&period;5 million were intercepted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Same day&comma; troops of 2 Division apprehended a serial impostor&comma; one Ahmad Suleiman&comma; following credible information on his nefarious activities in defrauding unsuspecting members of the general public around Tanke general area of Ilorin township&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The suspect was arrested with two Guard belts and one pair of camouflage inner shirt and trouser&comma; amongst other items&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nwachukwu said the troops of 2 Division had on Oct&period; 9&comma; arrested six suspected bandits’ logistics suppliers at Kaiama Forest in Borgu Local Government Area of Kwara&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the suspects were arrested with 160 gallons which the suspects confessed were used in conveying fuel to bandits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; troops of 6 Division had on Oct&period; 12 apprehended 7 suspects&comma; 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