JTF APPREHENDS FIVE SEA PIRATES DURING MANHUNT FOR THE MURDER OF ITS PERSONNELS

According to a statement issued today by Colonel Mustapha Anka, The Joint Taskforce,  has launched a manhunt targeting the killers of six of its personnel killed in two separate incidents by suspected pirates operating in the  waterways of Bayelsa and Rivers State last week. According to reports, three soldiers escorting barges belonging to Eni Oil were killed by unknown gunmen along Sangana while another three were killed during a separate operation along Sacta-Babra waterways in Bayelsa and Rivers States. In the statement, the Colonel stated that the force has apprehended 5 sea pirates although not connected to the murder and recovered items from the hoodlums namely
firearms, three Browning Machine Gun (BMGs) with registration Nos 1981 with stand, B572 Banel No Z90323 with stand, HMG – 50MG ST Kinetics Serial No 2405PM with requisite mounting hardware. Other seized items included several registered and unregistered assault-class rifles, gunboat batteries, a laptop computer, police fragmental jacket, ammunition and cell phones. The confiscated items were said to have been secured from Ukubie community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. see some of the items recovered below