The Joint Task Force in
the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, has uncovered 25 human skulls in some
militants’ hideouts in Cross River State.
The Coordinator, Joint
Media Campaign Centre, Lt.-Col. Olaolu Daudu, made this disclosure in a statement
issued Thursday evening.
According to him, troops
of Sector 4 of the outfit in Cross River, acting on a tip-off, carried out
raids in Ikot Ene Idem, Abakpa and Ikang Inam in Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local
Government Areas of the state.
He said during the
cordon-and-search operations, the troops found four militant shrines with 25
human skulls in various stages of decomposition, a complete human skeleton and
several other human body parts.
His words, “With the
clearance of these shrines, the Bakassi Strike Force have effectively been smoked
out from the areas they used to hold sway.
“It should be noted that
the senseless killing of humans for ritual purposes is sacrilegious and will
not be tolerated in any form within the joint operation area.”
Meanwhile, the spokesman
said the troops arrested two suspects while on patrol at Idebe Ifak Anam, Ikot
Okon Edem and Abakpa of Bakassi LGAs Cross River.
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