Security operatives have invaded a riverine community in search of ex-militant leaders accused of bombing pipelines and sabotaging the activities of the federal government.
It was chaos in the riverine Bolowoh community in Ondo State as security operatives hunting for the militants who bombed oil pipelines in Delta State have invaded the area looking for the former commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Bibopre Ajube, aka Shoot-At-Sight.
Ajube, a partner of former General Officer Commanding, GOC, of MEND, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo has been fingered in the recent bombing of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation oil pipelines and the security operatives are doing all possible to nab him.
However, the community members where the soldiers invaded have complained of manhandling.
A non-governmental organisation, the Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, has cried out yesterday to the international community that the Ijaw nation was under military siege. The organisation believes the government wants to make the Ijaw people a scapegoat for all the problems happening in Nigeria.
A former Commander of MEND, Victor Ebikabowei Ben, alias ‘General’ Boyloaf, has dismissed the recent statement by the JTF, in the Niger Delta that it would hold community leaders responsible for attacks by militants on oil facilities in their areas.
Boyloaf, in an interview with Vanguard, said, “Truth is, the JTF cannot hold any community leader responsible for any attack that has taken place in the past or in the future, and they know it, because the community leaders are not empowered to secure or watch over the pipelines.”