The Nigerian Navy personnel under the auspices of Operation DELTA SANITY II raided a pirate/kidnappers’ camp at Fununu community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
Commodore A. Adsms-Aliu, Director of Information, in a statement said the raid was a sequel to the flag-off of Operation DELTA SANITY II on Monday, December 30, 2024, by the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, PhD, in Rivers State.
According to the statement, since the flag-off, several arrests and seizures have been made.
“In this instance, the suspected pirates/kidnappers, who use the camp as a hideout, engaged NN personnel in a gun duel for over 30 minutes before succumbing to the superior firepower of the Navy team,” it said.
It added that while many criminals fled with gunshot injuries, two suspects (one male and one female) were arrested. During the raid of the camp, troops recovered an AK-56 assault rifle, three locally fabricated guns, five pump-action guns, one foreign double-barrel gun, sixty-eight rounds of 7.62/39mm ammunition, and six rounds of 7.62/51mm NATO version ammunition.
Other items recovered include twenty-five shotgun cartridges, four empty AK rifle magazines, one national ID card, one Monie Point debit card, one MTB SIM card, one Itel phone, one Infinix smartphone, and the sum of N11,500, among others.
The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, reiterated that the NN will continue to work assiduously to eradicate criminal activity in Nigeria’s maritime space.
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