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The Nigerian military on Sunday confirmed that multiple attacks were carried out on oil installations in the Niger Delta area.
The Commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF, Alani Okunlola, who confirmed the attacks, also threatened that community leaders would, henceforth, be held responsible for any attack on the country’s oil and gas facilities in their domains.
Militants, believed to be loyal to embattled former Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), attacked multiple oil facilities in protest against a court directive.
A Federal High Court in Lagos had on Thursday ordered the arrest of Tompolo for his refusal to appear for an alleged N34 billion fraud.
The ex-militant was one of the Niger Delta warlords who accepted the amnesty programme of the late Umaru Yar’Adua amnesty programme. He is being prosecuted by the anti-corruption agency, EFCC, for the alleged fraud although he has refused to appear before the commission.
On Sunday, the JTF Commander inspected the site of Friday’s pipeline explosion site at Egwa 11, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta.
Mr. Okunlola, a Major General, 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.
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