Members of the Operation Delta Safe on Thursday raided five camps of the Bakassi Strike Force, a militant group from Cross River State, and arrested three of its top commanders.
The militant group is known for carrying out attacks on vessels and other oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.
According to a statement by the spokesperson for Operation Delta Safe, Lieutenant Thomas Otuji, the men of the task force recovered human skulls, motorcycles and bullets during the operation.
Otuji, who described the raid as “very successful,” said the operation was part of ongoing efforts to neutralise the activities of militants and other criminals in the region.
Those arrested were Okon Idem, Joseph Asuquo and Bassey Ekpenyong.
“Similarly, while on covert operation at Esighi Waterside, members of the Special Boat Service captured a suspected commander of the Bakassi Strike Force, Okon Idem. He was apprehended while keeping watch at the waterfront to enable his group to beach the land from adjourning creeks.
“In a follow-up operation, our troops trailed and arrested another suspected commander of the Bakassi Strike Force, Joseph Asuquo, in his hideout at Ikpa road in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Items discovered at the shrines included three human skulls, expended cartridges and two motorcycles found at the residence of one suspected accomplice, Bassey Ekpenyong, at Ikot Okon Idem.”
The militant group is known for carrying out attacks on vessels and other oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.
According to a statement by the spokesperson for Operation Delta Safe, Lieutenant Thomas Otuji, the men of the task force recovered human skulls, motorcycles and bullets during the operation.
Otuji, who described the raid as “very successful,” said the operation was part of ongoing efforts to neutralise the activities of militants and other criminals in the region.
Those arrested were Okon Idem, Joseph Asuquo and Bassey Ekpenyong.
“Similarly, while on covert operation at Esighi Waterside, members of the Special Boat Service captured a suspected commander of the Bakassi Strike Force, Okon Idem. He was apprehended while keeping watch at the waterfront to enable his group to beach the land from adjourning creeks.
“In a follow-up operation, our troops trailed and arrested another suspected commander of the Bakassi Strike Force, Joseph Asuquo, in his hideout at Ikpa road in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Items discovered at the shrines included three human skulls, expended cartridges and two motorcycles found at the residence of one suspected accomplice, Bassey Ekpenyong, at Ikot Okon Idem.”
