A remote of the Niger Delta militants were in disarray yesterday morning as superior firepower greeted the miscreants.
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Reports from the area said that soldiers, who struck at about 6.00 am caught the militants unawares.
But while a source said it was an abandoned militant camp belonging
to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, another
hinted that it was occupied by sea pirates.
Information about the casualties of yesterday’s attack was still
unclear at the time of this report, but the raid caused tension among
riverine dwellers. They ran helter-skelter at the sound of heavy
gunshots.
Another informant, who spoke to Vanguard, said the militant camp is
located at Lapala village, near Burutu. However, a youth leader from
Burutu community, who confirmed the attack, said: “I heard several gunshots on Thursday morning from the community.”
“From our findings, we discovered that the military had invaded
the gathering of suspected militants, who had converged on the
community in what could be likened to a militant camp.”
Shedding light on the raid, a senior operative of the Department of State Security, DSS, said: “There were intelligence reports that suspected militants are converging on the area.
“Troops from the Operation Safe Delta were drafted to engage
the militants and dislodge the camp located at an area known as 9000
Junction,” he said.
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