Military says it has arrested Avengers’ leader, other militants

The military says it has arrested a suspected leader of the Niger Delta Avengers militant group and other men accused of attacking oil and gas infrastructure in the region.

Soldiers, backed up by the air force and security officers, detained Isaac Romeo with two other men over the weekend in Calabar, the capital of Cross River state in the Delta region, a military spokesperson said.

Authorities picked up a fourth man on Tuesday in Edo state who is thought to be responsible for an attack on a pipeline operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Nigerian energy company, Shoreline last month.