The Nigerian Army says it has arrested 10 suspected members of the
militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which had claimed
responsibility for the destruction of oil and gas installations in the
region in recent times. The Commander of the 4 Brigade,
Brigadier-General Farouk Yahaya, who paraded the suspects in Benin, Edo
State yesterday May 29th, disclosed that several items were recovered from
the arrested suspects.
The suspects were arrested in Oporaza, the
headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government
Area of Delta State, following a cordon and search operation conducted
in the community.
Items recovered from the suspects to include 28 detonator cords (also
known Detonator 33), one pistol, two empty pistol magazines, 196 rounds
of 7.62 special ammunition, one round of nine-millimetre ammunition, a
live cartridge and five daggers.
Also recovered were 15 handheld radio sets, 18 phones, 203 SIM cards of
three major network providers, five swimsuits, two headlamps, a laptop,
two ipads, a camera, seven wraps of substances suspected to be Indian
hemp, five speedboat throttle cables, six pairs of hand gloves, N23,000
cash and a cheque book.
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