The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, has killed two militants during a raid on the hoodlums’ camp in Bayelsa State.
Disclosing this in a statement yesterday, spokesperson of the task force, Lt.-Col. Olaolu Daudu, said the raid was carried out following a tip-off from residents and a vigilante group.
Daudu said the two suspected militants died during a gun battle between operatives of the task force and the militants.
According to Daudu, “Troops of Sector 2 (Bayelsa) Operation Delta Safe deployed in Obama flow station acting on a tip off by locals and a vigilance group raided a militant camp.
“One of the suspects is a notorious leader of criminals popularly known as Labista who is on security agencies’ watch list.’’
Daudu alleged that Labista had at various times engaged in high profile kidnapping, killing of security personnel, piracy, armed robbery and other criminal activities.
“Labista and his cohorts dived into the river in a bid to escape while the raid was ongoing and were engaged by our troops.
“At the end of the operations, the bodies of two notorious criminals were found floating on water.
“They were recovered and deposited at Government Morgue. Items recovered were two single barrel guns, cutlass and four speed boats”, he said.
The spokesperson of the task force restated that the Operation Delta Safe would remain focused on its mandate of check mating oil theft, protecting oil and gas assets as well as providing security for legitimate economic activities.
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