{"id":11975,"date":"2016-10-18T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T14:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11975"},"modified":"2016-10-18T14:31:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T14:31:49","slug":"top-militant-commander-arrested-by-jtf-in-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11975","title":{"rendered":"Top militant commander arrested by JTF in Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/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>\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=11173&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"messageContent\">\n<article>\n<blockquote class=\"messageText SelectQuoteContainer ugc baseHtml\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10834\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Egbesu-Fraternity\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A top commander of the Urhobo\/Isoko militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), has been arrested by the operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF).<br \/>\nThe militant leader was apprehended on Sunday after days of surveillance by JTF operatives.<br \/>\nThe acting JTF spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Thomas Otuji, confirmed the development to Thisday.<br \/>\nThe suspect, said to have been arrested along with four of his foot soldiers, allegedly masterminded attacks on oil and gas trunk-lines in Ughelli and its environs in Delta State.<br \/>\nSoldiers of 222 Battalion, Ughelli, begun a massive manhunt for the members of NDGJM since last Saturday, after the group claimed it breached the Iwhremaro trunk-line in Ughelli North Local Government Area on Friday night.<br \/>\nThe group had in a statement by Aldo Agbalaja, last Friday, claimed responsibility for bombing of an oil line.<br \/>\n\u201cAt about 2100hours of Thursday October 13, 2016, the Akuma Strike Team of the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate brought down the Iwhremaro to the Quality Control Centre (QCC) delivery line to signal the commencement of Operation Hammurabi Code\u201d, it claimed.<br \/>\nNDGJM warned of more attacks and also announced the launchinmg of its \u2018Operation Hammurabi Code\u2019 in mockery of the Army\u2019s recent drill codenamed, \u2018Operation Crocodile Smile\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"messageTextEndMarker\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"messageMeta ToggleTriggerAnchor\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/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>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11173&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top commander of the Urhobo\/Isoko militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), has been arrested by the operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF). 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