{"id":10717,"date":"2016-08-08T19:01:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10717"},"modified":"2016-08-08T19:01:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:01:07","slug":"suspected-militants-kill-three-nigeria-soldiers-in-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10717","title":{"rendered":"Suspected militants kill three Nigeria soldiers in Bayelsa"},"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=9699&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Militants disguised as priests in white robes and red caps\u00a0 have killed three Nigerian soldiers and <span id=\"more-10116\"><\/span> carted away several arms and ammunition belonging to the security outfit at a jetty in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a traditional ruler has said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack in\u00a0 Nembe Local Government Area,\u00a0 Bayelsa state came just a few days after 11 soldiers lost their lives in an ambush by armed bandits in the Niger State, Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>During the incident in Nembe<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Avengers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9856\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9856\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Avengers-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Avengers\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Avengers-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Avengers-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Avengers.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> town which occurred about 9.30am, the gunmen also made away with military gunboats, after they sacked the operatives of the JTF stationed at the checkpoint in the waterways of the state.<\/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<p>The checkpoint, it was gathered, is located at the entrance of the community and has existed since the beginning of militancy in the Niger Delta region. The hoodlums reportedly disguised as mourners to deceive the security operatives before unleashing several gunshots on the unsuspecting officers, killing three instantly and injuring several others, including civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents of the area, it was gathered, became apprehensive when they heard heavy sounds of gunshots which unsettled the community<br \/>\nduring the surprise attack that lasted for about 30 minutes. The gang which operated in several gunboats caught the soldiers unawares, thereby leaving no chance for a quick response, a source said.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman of the JTF in the region, Lt Col. Olaolu Daudu, was not immediately available for comments as his phone did not connect, but a resident of the area said that many people had started fleeing for fear that the military might return for a reprisal attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack was deadly and well planned. Nobody had expected that such a thing would happen at such time when the jetties were busy with people preparing to go about their normal business activities. \u201cI am sure even the soldiers did not expect such incident to happen at that time. Some persons who<br \/>\nwere already sailing out of Nembe said they saw the gunmen but dismissed them as mourners because they were dressed in white robes\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Militants disguised as priests in white robes and red caps\u00a0 have killed three Nigerian soldiers and carted away several arms and ammunition belonging to the security outfit at a jetty in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a traditional ruler has said. The attack in\u00a0 Nembe Local Government Area,\u00a0 Bayelsa state came just a few days after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9856,"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":[435,2658,201,824],"class_list":["post-10717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-bayelsa-state","tag-nembe","tag-niger-delta","tag-niger-state"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Avengers.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-2MR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717","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=10717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10718,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions\/10718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}