{"id":10004,"date":"2016-07-12T08:17:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T08:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10004"},"modified":"2016-07-12T08:17:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T08:17:05","slug":"how-rivers-police-foiled-attempt-to-blow-up-nlng-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10004","title":{"rendered":"How Rivers police foiled attempt to blow up NLNG pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=9301&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>OPERATIVES of the Rivers State Police<br \/>\nCommand have foiled an attempt by some<br \/>\nunknown persons to blow up a pipeline<br \/>\nbelonging to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas<br \/>\nCompany Limited(NLNG)\u00a0 in Rumuche, Emohua LGA.<br \/>\nThe state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.<br \/>\nOmoni Nnamdi, said in a statement issued in<br \/>\nPort Harcourt on Monday that the improvised<br \/>\nexplosive device that was to be used to carry<br \/>\nout the dastardly act was recovered by the<br \/>\nExplosive Ordinance Department of the<br \/>\nCommand.<br \/>\nNnamdi explained that the device was<br \/>\nfabricated with a large mass of dynamite and<br \/>\nother accessories.<br \/>\nHe added that the plan to blow up the NLNG<br \/>\npipeline was to be carried out on July 7, 2016.<br \/>\nAccording to the state police spokesman, the<br \/>\nmen of the Explosive Ordinance Department<br \/>\nwere able to recover the dangerous device<br \/>\nthrough a tip-off.<\/p>\n<p><code><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53878&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.53878&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Comp,B:Hp,Wk:2716,Dim:300X250]:Laptops\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the 7th day of July, 2016, about 0600hrs,<br \/>\nthe Explosive Ordinance Department team,<br \/>\nacting on a tip-off, proceeded to Rumuche,<br \/>\nEmohua and recovered Improvised Explosive<br \/>\nDevice placed to blow up the NLNG pipeline.<br \/>\n\u201cThe IED was said to have been fabricated with<br \/>\na large mass of dynamite and other<br \/>\naccessories. Meanwhile the IED has been<br \/>\nrendered safe and has been evacuated.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Command once again wishes to assure<br \/>\nand reassure the good people of Rivers State<br \/>\nthat it is more than ever before prepared to<br \/>\nchase criminals out of the state.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Command pleads for understanding and<br \/>\ncooperation of all and sundry in terms of<br \/>\ninformation sharing,\u201d Nnamdi added.<br \/>\nIn another development, the operatives of the<br \/>\nSpecial Anti-Robbery Squad have arrested two<br \/>\nsuspected armed robbers identified as<br \/>\nMadubuchukwu Nwobiri (male) and Chimobi<br \/>\nNwobiri (male) both of Ikem village in Etche.<br \/>\nThe robbers, according to the state PPRO,<br \/>\nengaged the police in a gun battle, but were<br \/>\nover-powered.<br \/>\nNnamdi said the suspects sustained bullet<br \/>\nwounds, adding that one locally-made pump<br \/>\naction gun and a cartridge were recovered from<br \/>\nthem.<br \/>\nHe stated that investigation was ongoing with<br \/>\na view to apprehending other members of the<br \/>\narmed robbery gang.<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Police-IG.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10005\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10005\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Police-IG-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"Police IG\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Police-IG-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Police-IG-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Police-IG.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9619\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPERATIVES of the Rivers State Police Command have foiled an attempt by some unknown persons to blow up a pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited(NLNG)\u00a0 in Rumuche, Emohua LGA. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Omoni Nnamdi, said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday that the improvised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[1000,2322,2321],"class_list":["post-10004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-nlng","tag-omoni-nnamdi","tag-rivers-state-police-command"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Police-IG.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-2Bm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10006,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10004\/revisions\/10006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}