\nThe JTF Commander, Maj.-Gen. Alani Okunlola, gave the warning on Sunday while inspecting the site of Friday\u2019s pipeline explosion site at Egwa 11, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta.
\nOkunlola, who led other security personnel to the explosion site, also warned that henceforth, extant laws banning the use of outboard engines with 200 horsepower and above would be enforced in the region.
\n\u201cThis warning is coming as a result of the recent multiple attacks on oil facilities and platforms by suspected militants in the Niger Delta,\u2019\u2019 he said.
\nThe JTF commander, who described the acts as economic sabotage, assured that the command would apprehend the perpetrators.
\nHe, therefore, advised them to desist from further destruction of the nation\u2019s oil and gas facilities.
\nHe called on government officials and community leaders to furnished OPS and other security agencies with information that would facilitate the arrest of the perpetrators of the attacks.
\nHe said that the acts were criminal in nature and were capable of undermining the security of the country.
\n\u201cThere is no way we will fold our hands and allow the criminals to get away with it.
\n\u201cIt is a massive sabotage and critical to national assets; we must fish out those responsible for it.
\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have our men on ground in the area that is why they were able to carry out the act,\u2019\u2019 he said.
\nHe assured Niger Delta residents of JTF\u2019s determination to eliminate illegality from the region.
\nThe Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya and the Commander, 3 Battalion, Igwe Omoke were on the team that visited the explosion site.
\nOthers are Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Commodore Raimi Mohammed and other top ranking personnel from the police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
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