The Joint Task Force code-named
”Operation Delta Safe” on Thursday raided a
suspected militants’ camp in Okosugbene
along the Burutu/Warri in Burutu Local
Government Area of Delta.
A source told newsmen in Warri that the
military personnel stormed the camp with
two Fighter Jets and about eight Gunboats at
about 6 a.m.
The camp was said to be an abandoned
hideout used by the former militant group,
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger
Delta and now occupied by sea pirates.
The JTF were said to have acted on a tip-off
on a raid that lasted for about an hour.
The source said, “Information about
casualties is still unknown.
“The raid caused tension among dwellers of
riverine communities as residents fled for
safety.”
The Sector (1) Commander of the JTF, Col.
Alhassan Grema, confirmed the raid but
declined to give details.
Source: punch
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