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Don't Test Our Will, JTF Warns Militants


This Day (Lagos)


NEWS
10 January 2008
Posted to the web 10 January 2008

By Ahamefula Ogbu
Port Harcourt

Military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Rivers State, has warned that it was ready
to respond to and repel any attack by any militant group.

This is in reaction to threats by the militants, that they were going to attack
military installations in the region.



Spokesperson of the Task Force, Lt. Colonel Musa Sagir, said though he was yet
to receive any notice of threat, the JTF was ready to discharge its duties
responsibly, and would not take it lying low with any group which tries to
disrupt peace.

"Let me use this opportunity to warn miscreants not to try to test the will of
JTF Operation Flush III. We are responsible, disciplined fighting force that
strikes when and where necessary, as a last resort only.

"Media reports should stop glorifying murderers, champions of lawlessness, but
should focus and highlight more on their nefarious activities," he said.

There were rumours that militants were planning a major attack on oil
installations in the region, after successfully attacking Agip facility in
Bayelsa State.

The group, led by a notorious militant leader that isalways seen around
government house in Bayelsa State, allegedly held a meeting at the weekend in
Oporoma,from where they plan to take off at a yet to bedetermined date, for the
said attack.


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