Security agents have found 22 units of Improvised Explosive Device
(IED), 13 guns, 545 rounds of live ammunition and other dangerous items
in a forest between Edo and Kogi.
Mr Mike Fubura, the Kogi State Director of the SSS made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja on Wednesday.
He listed other items recovered from the forest as 57 magazines,
three pieces of nine-volte power source, one firing cable; four waist
belts (for carrying magazines) and one black Pathfinder jeep with
registration number Lagos LF 98 AAA.
Fubura who spoke to reporters in company of Lt. Col. Gabriel
Olorunyomi, Commander, Army Headquarters Task Force Battalion, Lokoja,
said that the items, except the jeep, were dug out from the forest
ground.
Giving a further breakdown, the director stated that the guns
recovered include three pistols, one sub-machine gun and 10 AK 47
rifles.
He disclosed that the IEDs comprised 8 units of anti-tank and 14
units of hand-made explosives, noting that some of the explosives were
already primed for detonation.
Fubura said that a combined team of the SSS, Army, Navy, Airforce and
the Police personnel carried out the operation, following a tip off.
Fubura explained that some arrests were made but that their
identities could not be disclosed for now so as not to jeopardise
ongoing investigation into the matter.
The director described the recovery of the items and those arrested
as a major breakthrough in the efforts to stop activities of terrorists
in the Okene area of the state.
He said that some of the recovered rifles were believed to have been stolen from the police.
Fubura urged residents to assist security agencies with useful
information to enable them contain the activities of terrorists in the
state.
NAN
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Kogi State should be classed a 'Terrorist State' and strictly watched. Yes, name them. Most arrested Boko Haram suspects, IEDs factory discovered, dangerous weapons are from Kogi.
ReplyDeleteI guess those criminals are the set of armed robbers terrorising banks and travellers along Okene road. They may not be Boko Haram but are equally terrorists in their own way. May God deliver us from their hand. Those evil group operate b/w Edo, Okene, Lokoja upto Ankpa and they are getting more alliances. Pls God help us. If only our politicians (Rulers) can better the lot of the masses, less youths would have shown interest in terrorism and armed banditry. How i wish they are only attacking those that diverted our commonwealth.
ReplyDeleteWhen will all the Violence Stop? Lord when?
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