The Joint task force (Operation Pulo Shield) has killed three members of a militant group, while others were injured in a visit to the camp of the militants in Warri, Nigeria.
Parading one the suspect arrested after the gun battle, the commander of the task force, Alani Okunlola, in a news briefing that the operation to capture the militants happened in the Benigboye community of Burutu Local Government Area of the state on September 5th.
Alani Okunola said:
My men raided a militant camp in Benigboye. On sighting the troops, the suspects opened fire which led to a gun battle that lasted for 30 minutes before they fled the camp. In the follow up operation on September 6, my troops, on getting information on the hideout of the suspected militants that attacked Odimodi community, launched a search operation and apprehended one Ebiwame Lamia.
The commander said that the force is in search of the fleeing suspects, and urged the community to assist the force with any useful information that will help them track the suspects and arrest them.
Some of the weapons recovered by the troops include; medium machine gun, AK 47, light machine gun and AK 47 automatic rifle,SMG, G3 rifles, one single barrel gun, and Improvised Explosive Device and an identity card.
The suspect in the JTF custody is helping the force with useful information, and claimed he was only 17 year-old and a cook in the camp of the militant.