The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, says it has arrested suspected vandals behind recent pipeline blasts in the region.

A blast on a crude and gas pipeline at Escavos, Delta State, resulted to the shutdown of Warri and Port Harcourt refineries and cut gas supply to some power plants.

Another pipeline blast on Agip’s facility on January 28 resulted to a drop by 16,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily out of Agip’s 40,000 barrels daily export from Brass Oil Export Terminal of Bayelsa coastline.

According to a statement issued yesterday by Col. Isa Ado, Spokesman of Operation Pulo Shield, the arrest followed a charge by the Commander of the Joint Force, Maj.-Gen. Alani Okunlola, to apprehend those behind the act.

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