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Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield Sector 2 [+] Print this page

Also known as: JTF Sector 2| Sector Two [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Joint Task Force  Military  Police [+]

Areas of operation


Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Ondo [+] 28 March 2015 [+] 22 June 2016 [+]
Bayelsa [+] 9 January 2012 [+] 22 June 2016 [+]
Rivers [+] 9 January 2012 [+] 22 June 2016 [+]

Sites


Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Port Harcourt [+] 9 January 2012 [+] 22 June 2016 [+]

Member units

All units that comprise this unit.
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
130 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		23 June 2013 [+] 8 November 2013 [+]
146 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 146 Mechanised Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		29 April 2013 [+] 26 August 2013 [+]
29 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 29 BN [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		29 September 2013 [+] 11 July 2014 [+]
343 Artillery Regiment [+] Nigeria [+] 343 Regiment [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		29 April 2013 [+] 13 May 2014 [+]
5 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Military [+] 		20 May 2012 [+] 14 August 2014 [+]

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Personnel

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Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Koko Essien [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 22 February 2015 [+]
Tukur Yusufu Buratai [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 7 May 2012 [+] 31 January 2013 [+]
Osasogie Uzamere (2 Amphibious Brigade) [+] Brigadier General [+] Commander [+] 2 September 2013 [+] 20 September 2013 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
22 January 2013 Vanguard Taking Concrete Action Against Pipeline Vandalism
11 April 2017 Security Force Monitor Name standardized in accordance with Security Force Monitor research
08 July 2003 This Day Governor Odili Satisfied With Military's Role in Democracy
24 August 2003 This Day Zamani Lekwot Cantonment Renamed
01 March 2004 Daily Champion Gen. Effiong Was a Great Patriot - - Obasanjo
29 October 2004 Vanguard Dokubo Surrenders 188 Assault Rifles
15 November 2004 This Day Rivers Disarmament C'ttee Destroys 854 Weapons
02 January 2005 Vanguard Climbing the 'Harzardous Aso-Rock'
21 March 2006 Vanguard Rivers Donates N12m to Families of Slain Soldiers
14 May 2006 Vanguard Army Fires Back at Evictees: 2 Brigade is Not a Thief
27 August 2007 This Day Port Harcourt - Army Replaces Joint Task Force Commander
10 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Uncovers Militants Hide-Out in Rivers
17 September 2007 Vanguard JTF Overpowers Cultists, Gunmen in Ozuoba
17 October 2007 Leadership Army Chief Commends Akwa Ibom Government On Niger Delta Crisis
02 October 2009 Vanguard We'll Checkmate Militants' Activities, Says Army Boss
22 August 2010 Leadership Rivers Donates Patrol Vans to Army, Airforce
25 September 2010 Daily Champion Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
27 September 2010 Daily Trust Sacked GOCs Get New Posts
12 July 2011 Daily Trust Bomb Blast - Army Urged to Be On Alert
18 July 2011 Daily Trust Day Soldiers Dumped Guns for Brooms
05 December 2011 Daily Trust Soldiers Shut Fake 'NNPC' in Creeks
16 January 2012 Leadership Two Brigade Takes Over Sector two of JTF--Commander
23 January 2012 Daily Trust JTF Destroys 6,000 Illegal Refineries
09 May 2012 Leadership 25 Ghanaians, Five Locals Arrested Over Bunkering
24 May 2012 This Day JTF Arrests Ship With 6 Million Litres Stolen Ago in Bayelsa
24 July 2012 This Day Abia, Nigerian Army Tackle Vandalism of Shell's Facilities
18 August 2012 Leadership Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
27 August 2012 Daily Trust JTF Rescues 27 Kidnapped Oil Workers in Bakassi
15 September 2012 This Day Pipeline Vandals Are Enemies of Nigerian State
20 December 2012 Daily Trust Army Promotes 59 Generals
12 January 2013 This Day JTF - We've Cut Oil Theft By 84 Percent in Niger Delta
31 March 2013 This Day JPlateau - Another Bloody Attack Averted by STF
08 July 2013 Daily Trust Oil Theft - JTF Impounds 28 Vessels, Barges in Rivers
24 August 2013 This Day JTF Dismantles 48 Illegal Refineries, Stops New Ones in Rivers Community
20 September 2013 Daily Trust Army Committed to Fight Against Oil Theft - JTF Commander
29 September 2013 Leadership JTF Arrests 29 Oil Thieves, Destroys 127 Illegal Refineries
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
11 January 2014 Daily Trust New JTF Commander Takes Over in Bayelsa
14 March 2014 Leadership Army Urges Rivers Residents Not to Panic Over Sound of Gun Shots
15 April 2014 Leadership Police, SSS, Military Begin Joint Patrol Operations to End Kidnapping in Rivers
13 May 2014 Daily Trust JTF Impounds N86
18 August 2014 This Day Four Dredging Workers Kidnapped in Bayelsa
23 February 2015 Daily Trust Army Commander Laments Rising Crime Rate in Rivers
14 July 2015 Leadership Buhari Replaces NSA, Service Chiefs
09 August 2015 Daily Trust Buratai Charges Soldiers On Insurgents, Oil Thieves
14 August 2015 Daily Independent Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Arrest Three Boko Haram Commanders, Kill 22 Others
12 January 2014 Leadership JTF Adopts New Strategy In Destroying Illegal Oil Refineries In Niger Delta
17 September 2013 Leadership Bunkering - JTF Arrests Beninoise, 20 Others in Bayelsa, Delta
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
10 September 2015 Leadership Conduct Yourselves In A Professional Manner, GOC Urges Soldiers
27 January 2016 Leadership Oil Theft: Soldiers Arrest Suspect With 70 Drums Of Diesel, Speed Boat
31 January 2016 Leadership Boko Haram Scare: Suspect Arrested In Delta
07 February 2016 Leadership Attack On Oil Facilities: Army To Engage Niger Delta Communities In Dialogue
10 September 2015 News Agency of Nigeria 3 die, others injured in clash between JTF, militants in Delta
11 March 2016 News Agency of Nigeria 35 suspects arrested in arms mop-up operation in Delta
26 July 2013 The Sun (Nigeria) Niger Delta creeks: JTF arrests 25, destroys 75 illegal oil refineries
19 December 2014 The Sun (Nigeria) JTF arrests cult leader, nabs 4 oil thieves
05 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Why insecurity is escalating – Buratai
16 September 2013 The Nation (Nigeria) JTF smashes foreign oil syndicate
04 November 2014 The Nation (Nigeria) JTF vows to fish out Niger Delta criminals
08 April 2016 Voice of Nigeria Nigerian Army ends inter-brigade competition
23 June 2016 Nigerian Army OPERATION PULO SHIELD IN NIGER DELTA SCRAPPED
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
19 July 2016 Champion Newspapers Brigade commander denies capture of Bakassi, Akpabuyo LGAs
19 January 2016 Channels Television Defence Minister Arrives Warri To Inspect Pipeline Explosion Site
25 August 2014 Daily Trust Army Soon to Launch Offensive in North-East'
26 August 2013 Daily Trust JTF Uncovers Oil Spill From Shell Pipeline
12 December 2013 Daily Trust Promotion - Army Gets 27 New Major Generals, 75 Brigadiers
13 June 2014 Daily Trust Army Trains 22 Soldiers to Counter Oil Theft
11 July 2014 Daily Trust JTF Destroys 110 Illegal Refineries
17 July 2011 Daily Trust Two Brigade Wins WO-SNCO Army Competition
14 December 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Our role in Bayelsa polls, by military
04 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Security agencies deny Boko Haram role in Edo explosion
31 January 2013 Premium Times JTF laments shortage of accommodation for personnel in Rivers
28 February 2017 Premium Times Buratai says Niger Delta now witnessing less oil theft
13 February 2014 This Day Army, Navy Redeploy Senior Officers
05 February 2014 This Day JTF Rescues Indians, Arrests 17 Oil Theft Suspects in Niger Delta
11 January 2012 Vanguard FG approves new operational status for JTF
20 May 2012 Vanguard Oil Thieves Held in Military Dawn Raid
26 September 2012 Vanguard Oil Theft - Stakeholders Toe Divergent Paths Over JTF's Altered Mandate
08 February 2013 Vanguard JTF Probes Alleged Involvement of Soldiers in Oil Theft
29 April 2013 Vanguard Crude Theft - JTF Nabs 76
23 June 2013 Vanguard JTF Nabs Eight Suspects Over SDPC Pipeline Inferno
25 July 2013 Vanguard JTF destroys illegal refineries in Bayelsa
03 September 2013 Vanguard Crude Theft - JTF Impounds Two Oil Laden Barges, Nabs 11 Suspects
08 November 2013 Vanguard JTF Captures Three Sea Pirates, Recovers Arms, Ammunition
29 March 2014 Vanguard JTF arrests 2 Britons, 12 Nigerians for illegal bunkering
28 March 2015 Vanguard JTF Repels Pirates Attack, Recovers Arms & Ammunition
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
28 February 2016 Vanguard Boko Haram: Nigerian Army inducts Combat Motorbike battalion into Battle
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
22 July 2016 Vanguard Troops welfare: Army to review fees in command schools
03 July 2021 Nigerian Army NIGERIAN ARMY APPOINTS PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS, FIELD COMMANDERS, OTHERS 02 December 2021
Nigerian Army PROFILE OF THE 22ND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF 02 December 2021
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
26 August 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army seeks NDDC support to sustain peace in N’Delta
27 May 2017 Nigerian Army Gen Nani Hands Over to Olabanji, Urges Troops to Maintain Momentum 21 October 2020
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
02 July 2013 5 FM Abuja Nigeria NEWS ON THE ARMY SATURDAY 22ND JUNE, 2013
08 March 2011 P.M. News Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
19 November 2016 P.M. News Army Explains Role Of New Division In Niger Delta
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
03 October 2020 Radio Nigeria Army Chief advocates compliance to military tradition 22 October 2020
31 May 2016 This Day Soldiers Take over Tompolo’s Residence, Father Escapes Arrest
04 September 2016 This Day Military in Show of Force, Deploys More Air Force Personnel in N/Delta
16 February 2013 Vanguard Allegations of Ethnic Considerations in Retirements, Postings, Re-Deployment, Recruitment in the Army
13 December 2015 Vanguard The battle for the soul of Bayelsa shifts to Abuja 19 September 2018
29 May 2016 Vanguard Troops avert attacks on oil pipelines in Bayelsa – Army
14 March 2017 Vanguard 2 Brigade Uyo assures on improved security
19 July 2017 Vanguard Two Brigade Nigerian Army hosts competition
26 December 2017 Vanguard Soldiers celebrate Christmas in Gwoza, Buni Yadi 26 August 2018
06 January 2018 Vanguard COAS commends Gov. Gaidam for presentation of vehicles to army 08 August 2018
05 March 2018 Vanguard Dickson receives Buratai, urges him to help make Bayelsa foremost tourist, economic hub 26 August 2018
21 April 2018 Vanguard 23 cultists, 15 vandals in trouble 26 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018
19 July 2018 Vanguard No going back, fight to finish, Buratai charges troops 09 August 2018