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JTF raid militant camps, discover 23 human skulls

JTF men on patrol

JTF men on patrol

Troops of the Joint Task Force, also known as Operation Delta Safe, on Thursday, disclosed that it discovered a total of 23 decomposing human skulls and a human skeleton during raids on militant camps belonging to suspected members of the Bakassi Strike Force in Bakassi and Akpabuyo local government areas of Cross River State.

A statement issued on Thursday by the Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre, Operation Delta Safe, Lieutenant Colonel Olaolu Dauda, said the camps located at Ikot Ene Idem, Abakpa and Ikang Inam communities in the Bakassi and Akpabuyo councils of the state were destroyed on Wednesday.

It also said that 44 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra were arrested during the inauguration of the Bayelsa State chapter of the group.

According to the statement, the arrested suspects were apprehended at Lakeview Club, along Mabinton Estate, Okaka Road in Bayelsa State while trying to disrupt public peace.

The statement read, “In fulfillment of Operation Delta Safe’s mandate to rid the Niger Delta region of crude oil theft, sea robbery, all forms of criminality and protection of oil and gas facilities, on October 26, 2016, troops of Sector 4 in Cross River State, acting on a tip-off, carried out raids of Ikot Ene Idem, Abakpa and Ikang Inam communities in the Bakassi and Akpabuyo local government areas.

“During the cordon-and-search operations, troops discovered four militant shrines with 23 human skulls in various stages of decomposition, a complete human skeleton and several other human body parts. The shrines were destroyed as troops continued the search for the perpetrators of these heinous acts against humanity.

“Troops of Sector 2, Operation Delta Safe in Bayelsa State acting on intelligence, trailed a group of people which led to the arrest of 44 members of the proscribed IPOB.

“They were apprehended at Lakeview Club along Mabinton Estate, Okaka road, Bayelsa State. This group was planning to establish Bayelsa State chapter of the banned IPOB and disrupt public peace within the Joint Operations Area of the Operation Delta Safe.

“They were duly arrested and have been handed over to relevant authorities for further investigations. The unity of Nigeria is non–negotiable and it is sacrosanct. Hence, any unlawful gathering that will cause mayhem, threaten the unity and sovereignty of the country will not be condoned,”

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