“We went through situations where gaps were created between host communities and oil companies, and unfortunately, criminality set in,” Mr Okowa disclosed.
Mr Edafe said that one locally made cut-to-size gun with six live cartridges and two expanded cartridges were recovered.
He said the ultimatum followed the refusal of the Delta government to review its position on the salary subvention policy.
“We need to sound a note of warning to them that this is not an IPOB territory, and they should keep off this community and the entire state.”
Mr Mariere spoke of his desire to make a positive difference in the Ministry of Water Resources in a meeting with stakeholders at the site.
The corps said its operatives recovered six tankers and articulated trucks loaded with stolen and illegally refined diesel from the suspects.
The National Assembly had considered 68 amendments in its Fifth Alteration Bill and adopted 44 of them, and transmitted them to the 36 State Houses of Assembly.
“It is worrisome that as of June, no fewer than 7,408 driver’s licences that have been processed and are yet to be collected across our licensing centres in the state,” he said.
The party’s felicitation, conveyed in a statement, described the victory as a well-deserved triumph.
