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 NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING Our attention has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja this morning, wherein His Lordship, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen, gave a ruling on an application filed by an unregistered association known as Peace Movement Party. The public knows that by December 2025, the Nigeria Democratic Congress  as an association complained of INEC’s refusal to register us as a political party, whereupon we proceeded to the Federal High Court. The Federal High Court upheld our constitutional right to freedom of association under the Constitution and compelled INEC to register us, which INEC did. Since then, we have started political activities, embarked on the registration of members, held congresses from ward to national levels, held conventions, and concluded primaries to all offices following INEC’s timetable. We have been fully participating in all INEC activities without let or hindrance. NDC also fielded candidates, and fully pa...

NSCDC, TANTILA THWART PIPELINE ATTACKS, ARREST 17 SUSPECTED PIRATES AND VANDALS. (PHOTO).


 NSCDC, Tantita Thwart Pipeline Attacks, Arrest 17 Suspected Pirates and Vandals


…Suspects Allegedly Targeted Petroleum Minister, Attempted to Infiltrate Tantita


The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 17 suspects linked to recent attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta.


In a statement on Monday, NSCDC spokesperson Afolabi Babawale disclosed that the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) apprehended the suspects following an assault on NSCDC operatives and personnel of Tantita Security Services, a private firm contracted by the Federal Government for pipeline surveillance.


During the attack, Assistant Superintendent Umar Aliyu (Service No. 6363) was killed, and a speedboat belonging to Tantita Security Services was stolen.


According to Commandant A.S. Dandaura, who led the operation, the suspects—a notorious syndicate of sea pirates—were captured on March 6, 2025, during a coordinated intelligence-led raid at Tonogbene, Ekeremo Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.


Arrested Suspects Include:


Ziakede Amatu

Aaron Ekogbene

Abilene Adeseotu

Toukekenme Emmanuel Police

Ken David Timiprey

Ekogbene Isaac Pius

Guy Tigan Victor

Timothy Ebibakote

Odebor Abade Joseph

Zikena Kingsley

Kelly Babylon

Dide Tuboukebuleye

ThankGod Ezu

Godwin Aseyapwayei

Timis Tokoni


Recovered Items:

One AK-47 rifle

Two empty AK-47 magazines

Charms

15 Tantita Security uniforms

15 Tantita Security T-shirts

15 black boots


Dandaura also recounted a prior attack on January 21, 2025, when suspected vandals and sea pirates ambushed a joint security team of NSCDC and Tantita personnel at their base in Torugbene II, Ekeremo LGA, Bayelsa State. Armed with sophisticated weapons, the attackers opened fire indiscriminately, killing ASC Umar Aliyu and seizing his AK-47 rifle. A Tantita operative, Ebikame Seimeneyefa, was shot, and the security firm’s speedboat was hijacked.


Through persistent operations, security forces tracked and arrested the 17-member gang led by Ziakede Amatu, a known vandal, kidnapper, and armed robber from Norgbene, Bayelsa State.


Link to Petroleum Minister’s Attack

Investigations revealed that the syndicate was behind an attack on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, at his residence on January 1, 2025.


Amatu admitted to engaging in illegal petroleum refining in Abonema, Rivers State, in 2023 under a notorious figure known as "Emergency," who later disappeared, leaving behind seven AK-47 rifles hidden in the forest. He later relocated to Bayelsa State, where community elders advised him to retrieve the weapons for “protection.”


Further findings indicated that Amatu had attempted to join Tantita Security Services but was rejected. Frustrated by his failed attempt, he allegedly acquired Tantita uniforms to impersonate security operatives while carrying out attacks on oil installations.


The suspects are accused of attempting to sabotage Tantita Security’s operations and tarnish the image of its chairman, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo), after failing to secure a surveillance contract. Their activities ultimately escalated into the deadly attack on NSCDC and Tantita operatives.

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