Nigeria’s secret police, the Department
of State Services, DSS, says it has arrested some suspected Niger Delta
Avengers militants.
The DSS issued a statement on Friday, July 1, 2016, delivered to The Trent
by email, in which the secret police says that it has arrested
one Selky Torughedi, a close associate of former Niger Delta warlord,
Tompolo.
The Niger Delta Avengers is the militant group responsible for recent attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta.
According to the DSS statement signed by
Mr. Tony Opuiyo, Torughedi, is suspected member of the Avengers and was
arrested while planning to assassinate a serving military officer, M.
B. Yahaya in Kaduna State.
“In a bid to stem the activities of
vandals in the Niger Delta, this service effected the arrest of Selky
Kile Torughedi, on June 17, 2016, in Calabar, Cross River State,” the
DSS said in the statement issued by Tony Opuiyo, its agent
“Torughedi is an ex-militant and
suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers, and was arrested for
planning to assassinate one MB Yahaya, a serving military officer.
“Torughedi, who is a close associate of
Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), had already conducted surveillance
at the residence of Yahaya in Kaduna, preparatory to his plot when he
was intercepted. He is also fingered as a sponsor of pipeline vandalism
in some states in the south-south region. Suspect is currently assisting
the service, with critical leads.”
Opuiyo said that in a related operation,
the service arrested one Christian Oluba aka Sensor, another suspected
militant with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
“Sensor was arrested while perfecting
plans to carry out explosive attacks on critical oil and gas pipelines,
including critical storage points,” the statement.
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