Niger Delta
Fishermen Laud JTF Over Oil Workers’ Rescue
Fishermen in Akwa Ibom have commended the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) for freeing 19 oil workers abducted by militants in the Niger Delta.
They also lauded the JTF for taking over more than 10 camps of the militants.
Welcoming the JTF onslaught in the area, the fishermen under the auspices of Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), urged the JTF not to relent until the hoodlums were flushed out and their camps “annexed’’.
Rev. Samuel Ayadi, ARFAN Chairman in the state, told newsmen in Eket in Akwa Ibom in an interview that the renewed activities of the militants in spite of the amnesty programme had made insecurity to return to the waterways.
Fifteen oil workers were abducted in Mobil and Afren oil rigs in Akwa Ibom coastal waters in the last three weeks.
The 15 kidnapped oil men, who included foreigners, were freed along with four others by the JTF operatives who raided the camps of the militants on Wednesday.
The chairman said that resurgence of criminal activities in the creeks had made fishermen, who were gradually resettling sequel to the amnesty programme, to abandon their settlements and seek refuge elsewhere.
Ayadi said: “We hail the JTF for this bold step in restoring hope to coastal communities after renewed criminal activities of the militants in the waterways.
“We particularly commend the military operation which led to the freeing of the 19 hostages and the take-over of many camps used by the militants.
“We are grateful to the JTF and the Federal Government for that ‘victory’ because it will enable all fishermen in the area to return to their fishing settlements, which were vacated following the renewed militancy.”
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