Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope

Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope ^[+] Print this page

Country: Nigeria ^[+]

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

Areas of operation
Sites
Member units
Parent units
Subsidiaries
Personnel
Incidents
Sources

Areas of operation

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Area of Operation	First Cited Date	Last Cited Date
Rivers ^[+]	30 March 2009 ^[+]	8 January 2012 ^[+]
Bayelsa ^[+]	15 December 2003 ^[+]
Delta ^[+]	20 September 2003 ^[+]	8 January 2012 ^[+]

Sites

Site	First Cited Date	Last Cited Date
Yenagoa ^[+]	19 July 2008 ^[+]	22 December 2010 ^[+]
Rivers ^[+]	30 May 2006 ^[+]	18 October 2011 ^[+]
Wado city ^[+]	21 August 2003 ^[+]	4 June 2011 ^[+]

Member units

All units that comprise this unit.

Name	Country	Other Names	Classification	First Cited Date	Last Cited Date
146 Battalion ^[+]	Nigeria ^[+]	146 Mechanised Battalion ^[+]	Army ^[+] Military ^[+]	29 December 2004 ^[+]
3 Battalion ^[+]	Nigeria ^[+]	23 Battalion ^[+]	Army ^[+] Military ^[+]	27 October 2008 ^[+]
5 Battalion ^[+]	Nigeria ^[+]		Army ^[+] Military ^[+]	27 October 2008 ^[+]	9 June 2011 ^[+]
73 Battalion ^[+]	Nigeria ^[+]		Army ^[+] Military ^[+]	29 December 2007 ^[+]	October 2008 ^[+]
93 Battalion ^[+]	Nigeria ^[+]	93 Army Battalion ^[+] 93 Battalion of the Nigerian Army ^[+]	Army ^[+] Military ^[+]	7 March 2006 ^[+]	26 October 2008 ^[+]

Parent units

All units that have held a command position over this unit.

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Subsidiaries

Name	Other Names	Classification	First Cited Date	Last Cited Date
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope Sector 1 ^[+]	Sector 1 ^[+] Sector 1 Command of the JTF ^[+] Sector One ^[+]	Army ^[+] Joint Task Force ^[+] Military ^[+] Police ^[+]	11 March 2009 ^[+]	8 January 2012 ^[+]
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope Sector 2 ^[+]	Sector 2 ^[+] Sector Two ^[+]	Army ^[+] Joint Task Force ^[+] Military ^[+] Police ^[+]	11 March 2009 ^[+]	8 January 2012 ^[+]
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope Sector 3 ^[+]	Sector 3 ^[+] Sector 3 of JTF ^[+] Sector Three ^[+]	Army ^[+] Joint Task Force ^[+] Military ^[+] Police ^[+]	11 March 2009 ^[+]	8 January 2012 ^[+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles

Name	Rank	Role	First Cited Date	Last Cited Date
Charles Omoregie ^[+]	Major General ^[+]	Commander ^[+]	24 September 2010 ^[+]	19 November 2010 ^[+]
Sakin-Yaki Bello ^[+]	Major General ^[+]	Commander ^[+]	12 March 2009 ^[+]	16 July 2010 ^[+]
S. Ibraham ^[+]	Colonel ^[+]	None	15 June 2004 ^[+]
Nanven Wuyep Rimtip ^[+]	Brigadier General ^[+]	Commander ^[+]	17 March 2008 ^[+]	14 December 2008 ^[+]
Nanven Wuyep Rimtip ^[+]	Brigadier General ^[+]	Deputy Commander ^[+]	12 March 2009 ^[+]	30 March 2009 ^[+]
Alfred Ilogho ^[+]	Brigadier General ^[+]	Commander ^[+]	3 April 2006 ^[+]	2 March 2007 ^[+]

Incidents

Incident on 24 March 2008 ^[+]

According to the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "On March 24, the JTF reportedly killed four men near Isaka in the Okrika Local Government Area, Rivers State, when they confronted them and other armed men attempting to hijack a barge. There was no … ^[+]

Sources

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Publication Date	Publisher	Publication Title	Access Date
22 August 2003	Vanguard	Warri: FG Launches Operation Restore Hope in N-Delta
20 September 2003	Vanguard	Oil Bunkering: Their Dare-Devil Plots, Government's Counter Moves
15 December 2003	Vanguard	Head of Ijaw Kidnappers Nabbed
28 January 2004	Vanguard	10 Soldiers Disarmed By Ijaw Youths Dismissed
18 June 2004	Vanguard	Soldiers Shoot At Walter Feghabo, Three Bayelsa Commissioners
03 September 2004	Vanguard	Dispute Over Ownership of Five Communities Threatens Peace in Warri
29 December 2004	This Day	2 Arrested Over Pipeline Vandalisation
01 July 2005	This Day	Nigerian Soldiers Depart for Sudan
07 March 2006	This Day	FG Redeploys Zamani, Task Force Commander
03 April 2006	Vanguard	Don't Shoot At Militants, New JTF Boss Orders
01 May 2006	This Day	Police: Bomb Timed to Create Several Explosions
28 May 2006	This Day	Joint Task Force Invades Okrika
30 May 2006	This Day	Okrika: Police Confirm 5 Dead, Recover 4 Cars, Army Uniforms
05 June 2006	Vanguard	Eight Oil Hostages Released As Militants Threaten Shell Afresh
19 November 2006	Vanguard	Militants to Army Chief - Your Men Worsened Hostilities in N-Delta
08 January 2007	Daily Champion	N/Delta Militants Kidnap Naval Officers
02 March 2007	Vanguard	Two NGOs Laud JTF On Security
27 August 2007	Vanguard	Country's Foreign Policy Under Yar'Adua
13 December 2007	Vanguard	Bayelsa Govt Gives Militia Groups Speed Boats
31 December 2007	Leadership	'How 91-Year-Old Pa Zidafamor Was Saved'
31 December 2007	Leadership	How Bayelsa AG's Father Was Saved -- JTF
10 January 2008	This Day	Militants - Military Begins Full-Scale Onslaught
09 January 2008	Vanguard	Defence Chief Declares 'Red Alert' in N-Delta
17 March 2008	Vanguard	JTF Trails Arms Depot in Warri, Effurun
08 April 2008	Vanguard	As JTF Arrests Uvwie Chief
20 June 2008	Vanguard	MEND Attacks Shell's Bonga Offshore Platform
24 June 2008	This Day	Bayelsa Militants Engage in Supremacy Battle
08 July 2008	This Day	Soldiers' Protest - House Summons Defence Minister, Azazi
18 July 2008	This Day	FG Changes Gear on Niger Delta Summit
20 July 2008	This Day	Militants Kill Three Soldiers, Four Civilians
20 July 2008	Leadership	Ex-Gov Insists On Summit
05 August 2008	This Day	Soldiers Raze Agge, Bayelsa Town
09 August 2008	This Day	Security Beefed Up in Azazi's Country Home
24 September 2008	This Day	We've Located All Miltant Campts in Rivers - JTF
15 October 2008	Daily Independent	Dealing With Massob Threat in Igbo Agenda
16 November 2008	This Day	Again, JTF Nabs 22 Filipinos for Oil Bunkering
14 December 2008	Vanguard	Criminals've Hijacked Mend
12 March 2009	Vanguard	FG Merges Military Forces in N-Delta
30 March 2009	Vanguard	JTF to Track Down Retired Generals Involved in Oil Bunkering - Major-General Bello
31 March 2009	Daily Champion	Drop Your Guns Now, JTF Tells Militants
05 April 2009	This Day	NDDC Board's Tenure Expires Next Sunday
06 June 2009	Vanguard	Where is the Kings of Gbaramatu Kingdom?
02 July 2009	This Day	JFT Invasion - House Advises FG to Pay N1 Billion Compensation
06 August 2009	This Day	Amnesty Takes Off
09 September 2009	Vanguard	JTF Raids Illegal Oil Bunkers' Hideouts in Delta
08 November 2009	Daily Champion	JTF Arrests 50 Bunkerers
15 December 2009	Vanguard	Suspected Crude Oil Thieves Threaten Reprisal on JTF
17 June 2010	Leadership	Renewed War Against Oil Thieves in Delta
16 July 2010	Vanguard	JTF Arrests Eight Suspected Illegal Bunkerers, Nine Barges
25 September 2010	Daily Champion	Jonathan Sacks GOCs, Redeploys Others
28 September 2010	Daily Champion	Joint Task Force Invasion - Minister's Family Flee Home
07 October 2010	This Day	JTF Targets Pirates Along Waterways
16 November 2010	Leadership	Exxonmobil Shuts Production of 45,000 Barrels Per Day
19 November 2010	Daily Champion	Soldiers Capture Militants' Camp, Free 19 Hostages
19 November 2010	Leadership	JTF Captures 14 Militant Camps in Niger Delta
18 May 2011	This Day	Niger Delta - Armed Struggle, Last Resort, Says Dokubo-Asari
25 May 2011	Daily Champion	Lagos - DPO, DCO Killed in Army, Police Clash
17 September 2011	Daily Trust	Jos - Will Military Intervention Stop Bloodshed?
19 October 2011	Leadership	Bunkering - JTF Arrests 50 in Delta, RIvers, Bayelsa
23 January 2012	Daily Trust	JTF Destroys 6,000 Illegal Refineries
18 August 2012	Leadership	Ihejirika Heads for Defence, as Jonathan Shops for New Coas
09 April 2013	This Day	Amnesty Committee Mulls Conditions for Boko Haram
14 August 2015	Daily Independent	Crush Boko Haram in Three Months, Buhari Orders Military Chiefs
30 August 2015	Daily Trust	Defence Headquarters Upgrades Special Task Force in Plateau
09 June 2016	This Day	Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
	Nigerian Army	Nigerian Army 1 Division.
19 August 2013	Daily Trust	Insurgency - Army Creates New Division in North East
18 December 2015	Defence Headquarters	NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
21 October 2015	Defence Headquarters	Profile of the Chief of Defence Staff
06 May 2015	The Guardian (Nigeria)	Army begins trial of General, four others over loss of Baga
06 July 1994	Armed Forces Ruling Council	Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(1)
31 August 2016	Reuters	Operation Lafiya Dole
30 May 2017	The Sun (Nigeria)	New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
	Training and Doctrine Command	BRIEF BIOGRAPHY of MAJ GEN AG Olonisakin
	Nigerian Air Force	NAF Headquarters	21 July 2015
23 June 2016	Nigerian Army	OPERATION PULO SHIELD IN NIGER DELTA SCRAPPED
19 January 2016	Channels Television	Defence Minister Arrives Warri To Inspect Pipeline Explosion Site
04 September 2013	Daily Trust	Army retires senior officer, redeploys others
	Nigerian Ministry of Defence	About MOD.
19 February 2016	The Guardian (Nigeria)	U.S. military trains Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism.
17 March 2016	Premium Times	Army Names New Commander for Anti-Boko Haram Operation
02 May 2016	Premium Times	Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
	United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012: Nigeria.	28 September 2018
27 October 2008	The Nation (Nigeria)	Shake-up in Niger Delta security outfits
16 November 2007	This Day	Bakassi Killings: Nigerian Soldiers Not Involved, Azazi Insists
17 July 2010	Vanguard	Furore over vessel impounded by JTF
30 November 2010	Vanguard	2011 - Armed Forces Will Provide Security - Defence Minister
22 December 2010	Vanguard	JTF Destroy Nine Militant Camps in Bayelsa
25 December 2010	Vanguard	We Can Exhume the Corpses and Count If
22 June 2011	Vanguard	Bomb blast: NSA summons IGP…as police postpone meeting
04 June 2011	Vanguard	How JTF Exhumed the Body of John Togo
08 June 2011	Vanguard	Illegal Refineries Resurface At Mbiama
14 September 2011	Vanguard	Army, Airforce Move Into Jos
23 September 2011	Vanguard	Security Beef-up in Lagos, Jos, Delta
11 January 2012	Vanguard	FG approves new operational status for JTF
16 May 2013	Vanguard	Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
30 July 2015	Vanguard	95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
30 March 2016	Vanguard	Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
2018	Routledge	Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017	16 February 2018
13 January 2010	Daily Champion	Security Agencies Begin Investigation Into Oil Sabotage
02 June 2015	Amnesty International	Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
23 November 2016	Premium Times	EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
16 February 2021	Premium Times	Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army	16 November 2021
29 January 2021	TheCable	PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors	16 November 2021
06 October 2020	This Day	Preparing Military Personnel for Post-service Life	22 October 2020
30 January 2021	Vanguard	What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs	23 November 2021