BEVERLY HILLS, April 13, (THEWILL) – The Joint Secirity Task Force code named Operation Delta Safe, ODS, has confirmed the killing of two soldiers with three others sustaining serious injuries after they responded to a distress call by “heavily armed sea robbers” on Wednesday.
This happened during a gun battle with suspected sea pirates along the bother town between Bayelsa and Rivers State known as Ijawkiri general.
The attack on the military is coming barely 72 hours after the Tuesday attack on a Police check point and a patrol team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, along the Kolo Creek area of Bayelsa State.
The suspected armed bandits killed an operative of the NSCDC and carted away some riffles belonging to the men of the Nigeria Police Force in the twin attacks.
Co-ordinator of the Joint Media Campaign Centre of the ODS, Major Abubakar Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday.
According to him, “our troops deployed at Creek 6 Houseboat Cawthorne Channel while responding to a distress call of sea robbers attack around Ijawkiri general area engaged heavily armed sea robbers.
“Unfortunately, two gallant soldiers exhibited highest point of patriotism by paying supreme price, while three others sustained gunshot injuries.”
Abdullahi said efforts are ongoing by the Joint Task Force to track and apprehend the criminals, adding that soldiers of the ODS destroyed 13 illegal refineries also in Rivers State
“In continuation of its drive to accomplish its mandate, troops of Operation DELTA SAFE on patrol around Iyalama Adama axis of Rivers State, yesterday discovered and destroyed 13 illegal refineries,” the spokesman said, but added that no arrest was made.
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