At least three members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) have been killed by suspected militants in Nembe area of Bayelsa state.
The soldiers, who were part of the Operation Delta Safe, were shot dead on Monday morning, August 8, by militants that disguised themselves as part of a group returning from burial ceremony.
After killing the JTF officers, the militants reportedly stole two gunboats belonging to the officers. But This Day reports that the militants also carted away several arms and ammunition belonging to the security outfit. Although the spokesman of the JTF in the region, Lt Col. Olaolu Daudu, is yet to make a statement on the matter, ThisDay quotes a resident in the area as saying that many people had started fleeing for fear that the military might return for a reprisal attack.
“The attack was deadly and well planned. Nobody had expected that such a thing would happen at such time when the jetties were busy with people preparing to go about their normal business activities. “I am sure even the soldiers did not expect such incident to happen at that time. Some persons who were already sailing out of Nembe said they saw the gunmen but dismissed them as mourners because they were dressed in white robes,” he said.
Source: Naij
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