Agip attack: JTF launches manhunt for masterminds

Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has launched a manhunt for the alleged masterminds of weekend attack on the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, facility in the mangrove swamp of Brass in Bayelsa East senatorial district. Already, the names of the suspects, it was gathered, are with the security forces.
Meanwhile, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, yesterday, dared the JTF on the Niger Delta, warning that in the next few weeks, when it carries out few major bomb attacks, the military task force would regret its cynical comments regarding weekend’s resumption of hostilities by the group.
MEND also said the South-African government, which, through its Ministry of Internal Affairs, claimed the Nigerian government would protect the South-African investments in its bombing list, would learn a bitter lesson.

JTF spokesperson, Lt. Col Antigha, who spoke of its manhunt for the perpetrators of the attack, called on those involved to turn  themselves in, in their own interest before the long arm of the law caught up with them.
Antigha, in a statement in Yenagoa, said the special security outfit had uncovered the identity of those behind the attack on the oil installation.
The statement reads: “Following the dynamite explosion which compromised Agip manifold at Brass on Friday night, the JTF has identified those behind the dastardly act. Consequently, these suspects are advised to turn themselves in for interaction with authorities of JTF in Yenagoa, latest February 8, 2012.”
Source: VANGUARD