SAN FRANCISCO, August 24, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Operation Delta Safe made a ground-breaking raid of a militant camp on Wednesday during which they arrested Three suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, who were part of the group that attacked 343 troops located at Nembe, have been arrested by operatives of the Operation Delta Safe, ODS, during a raid on the militant group’s camp.
The Avengers had attacked the troops on the 8th of August 2016, and killed four soldiers.
However acting on a tip-off from well-placed citizens in the area, the ODS operatives led by Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie were, on Wednesday, able to track the NDA members to their camp at Epebu Creek in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa.
ThisDay reports that the three suspects were arrested at Ogboinbiri, and that preliminary interrogation of them revealed that they were part of the gang that attacked and killed some soldiers. The taskforce was said to be able to carry out a raid on Epebu Creeks based on other subsequent information ferreted out of the suspects.
Using the element of surprise to their advantage, the troops were able to decimate the camp, recorded no casualty on their part and also recovered a large cache of weapons and ammunition.
The newspaper gathered that the ODS taskforce was able to recover nine AK 47 rifles, one FN rifle, four HK 21 machine guns, one G3 machine gun, three General Purpose Machine Guns, GPMG, 20 AK 47 magazines, two G3 magazines, one FN magazine, one gun powder container, one Epenal gun boat, a large quantity of ammunition 7.62 NATO and special.
A military source, who spoke on anonymity, disclosed that the arrest was a morale booster for the troops, adding that that is not to say they have relaxed their guard, but that they are still closely monitoring the situation.
