{"id":8917,"date":"2016-05-02T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8917"},"modified":"2016-05-02T18:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T18:42:44","slug":"jtf-vows-to-crushed-niger-delta-avenger-the-new-militant-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=8917","title":{"rendered":"JTF vows to crush &#8220;Niger Delta Avenger&#8221;, the new militant group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaymu.com.ng\/smartphones\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=cd2801ad&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=cd2801ad\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/cd2801ad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=cd2801ad\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8055\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg\" alt=\"Niger Delta map\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map-.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map--150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map--80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map--40x40.jpg 40w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map--64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Niger-Delta-map--75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Joint Military Task force operating in the Niger Delta region, operation Pulo Shield, has warned that anybody or group masquerading as militants are criminals and will be crushed in line with the mandate of the Joint TaskForce in the region.<\/p>\n<div>A statement by the spokesperson of the JTF, Col. Isa Ado, said the warning is imperative owing to a recent report\u00a0in\u00a0a national newspaper, indicating that pipeline vandals had vowed further attack.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the JTF, the publication had a group with the name: \u2018The Niger Delta Avengers\u2019 who allegedly claimed responsibility for the recent attacks on pipelines in the Niger Delta and vowed to carry out more attacks on oil pipelines.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!-- BEGIN JUMIA --><a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsc?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.8940&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketing.net.jumia.com.ng\/ts\/i3556158\/tsv?amc=aff.jumia.44339.52450.8940&amp;tst=!!TIMESTAMP!!\" alt=\"NG-[C:G.Msho,B:Allbrand,Wk:1716,Dim:336X280]:Men's_Shoes\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- END JUMIA --><\/p>\n<div>\u201cThe group, according to the report also said it carried out attack on SPDC\u2019s underwater pipeline in February this year and the Egwa 1 attack in Delta State.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Operation Pulo Shield which is saddled with the mandate of protecting Nigerian Oil pipelines and preventing other oil related crimes, in the statement reiterated its resolve to crackdown on vandals and economic saboteurs and also ensure the arrest of perpetrators and accomplices for prosecution.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It said the Force had carried out aggressive patrols and surveillances within the waterways and the creeks which had led to the arrest of suspects, arms and ammunition, illegal oil bunkering vessels and barges which are at various stages of prosecution in Nigerian courts of competent jurisdiction.<\/div>\n<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/www.konga.com\/backtoschool?utm_source=affiliates&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_term=backtoschool&amp;utm_content=04_04_2016&amp;utm_campaign=backtoschool&amp;k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=8c6fe3b5\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/bo3dhla\/8c6fe3b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/konga.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/io3dhla?k_id=Omafume&amp;k_bid=8c6fe3b5\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joint Military Task force operating in the Niger Delta region, operation Pulo Shield, has warned that anybody or group masquerading as militants are criminals and will be crushed in line with the mandate of the Joint TaskForce in the region. 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