The Nigerian Military has confirmed the rescue of Akari Eloghonan Loveday, the Particular Adviser on Home Affairs to the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Growth Fee (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku.
In an announcement on Sunday, the Performing Deputy Director of 6 Division, Military Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, stated that Loveday was kidnapped on March 7 alongside the Ayakoro Neighborhood waterways in Ogbia Native Authorities Space of Bayelsa State.
Troops of the 6 Division, in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH, the Division of State Companies (DSS), and the Nigeria Police Power, launched a coordinated search-and-rescue operation. The extreme stress pressured the abductors to desert their victims and flee into the creeks.
The assertion highlighted the function of local people members, who blocked attainable escape routes, aiding the success of the mission.
Loveday has since reunited with the NDDC MD and Ayakoro group leaders, whereas safety forces proceed combing the world to apprehend the fleeing suspects.
Commending the troops, Main Common Emmanuel Eric Emekah, Common Officer Commanding 6 Division, urged them to maintain efforts in securing the waterways and monitoring down prison parts.
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In the meantime, the troops of the 6 Division, have intensified their operations towards oil theft within the Niger Delta, resulting in the arrest of 16 suspects and the destruction of a number of unlawful refining websites.
The crackdown performed between February 24 and March 2, 2025, additionally resulted within the confiscation of over 24,000 litres of stolen crude and refined merchandise throughout the area.
It stated that in Rivers State, troops intercepted a truck loaded with 140 sacks of stolen crude—estimated at over 7,500 litres—at Refinery Checkpoint in Okrika LGA, however the driver fled upon sighting safety operatives.
In Ekpe-Mgbede in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA, troops dismantled three unlawful refining websites, which contained 28 regionally made ovens and three massive empty steel drums. Equally, at Buguma in Asari-Toru LGA, an unlawful refining web site was destroyed, with 4 drum pots and a big tarpaulin storage facility confiscated.
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