Troops of Operation Delta Safe in the Niger Delta on Monday said it has arrested the chief priest of the Bakassi Strike Force in one of the militants’ shrines at Ekpri Ebutong Estate in Bakassi.
This was in a statement by the spokesman and coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre, Lt. Col. Olaolu Daudu.
The statement said two notorious militants were shot dead during an operation at Efut Esighi forest in the state.
The statement read in part, “On 31st October, 2016, troops foiled vandalism of the NPDC well head at Kokori oilfield, Oil Mining Lease 30, located at Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. The vandals fled the site on sighting troops.
The statement said, “Please, be informed that on 27th October, 2016, troops of Sector 4 at Efut Esighi in southern Cross River State, during the anti-militancy operation, raided Efut Esighi forest and killed a notorious militant, popularly known as Okon Iyo while he was trying to escape.”
