At least 114 militants are feared killed and scores of others injured in attacks on their camps in Ogun and Lagos states.
The attacks by the Army, Air Force and Navy, began on Thursday night under the operation “Crocodile Laugh” in readiness for a confrontation with militants in the Niger Delta.
The Director of Defence Information, Brig Gen Rabe Abubakar, confirmed the operation.
He said it was conducted to flush out militants and saboteurs from the area.
The attacks reportedly sent the local residents scampering, but they have been assured of safety and advised against sheltering any of the fleeing militants.
The creeks in Lagos and Ogun states recently became a safe haven and operational hideout for militants from Niger Delta.
Besides oil pipeline vandalism and petroleum theft in Arepo in Ogun State and parts of Lagos, the militants have been attacking innocent residents and stealing from them.
Military analysts say the dislodgment of the militants was carried out to drive them back to the Niger Delta where a full scale attack was imminent.
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Militants have in the last three months inflicted massive damage on the economy through the destruction of gas and crude oil pipelines.
Lagos police spokesperson Dolapo Badmos also confirmed the operation in a statement released early Friday.
“We are sweeping through the waterways where we share boundaries with Niger Delta to end the activities of the militants,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Bayelsa, Mr Seriaki Dickson, met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday to ask for more time to initiate dialogue with the rampaging militants.
The Niger Delta Avengers have refused entreaties from government and have insisted on autonomy for the region or complete control of crude oil.
The Avengers, who emerged in May 2016, did not give the new government prior notice before embarking on massive destructions of oil and gas infrastructure. They have also resorted to killing and kidnapping of security personnel.
https://www.today.ng/news/national/159697/nigerian-military-kills-114-niger-delta-militants-ogun-lagos-creeks

114? Oh boy.

Hand touch these useless militants.

Kudos to our boys in uniform.

Hm

Are u sure it's the militants that was killed Cos I feel they just killed residents of the Area...#saibuhari

114 people na beans? Make we see the proofs. Na today?

This is a very good news and I hope no one will come here to cry foul. When they were having a good time killing people and bombing pipelines, their people were praising and shielding them. Really hope to see more of this kinda news in the coming days.

May God bless the Nigerian Military!

God bless NDA sympathizers. May their tears never go dry.

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That number is really high O! Just hope no innocent person dey among dem sha...

Hope IPOB are warming up to join the militants nw dat d security agencies ve attacked them.

Ipob(ijaw slaves)be like

harlems02:
114 people na beans? Make we see the proofs. Na today?

lol

Let's just assume they killed 57 then doubled it, thumbs up to them though. This should make the rest flee.

Welcome development if its true.
I prayed they can 2000 more

No hiding place for ipob,ijaw,orhobo or any miscreants anymore,they said 10000 Nigerian army cannot do anything to them,and that they are unable to catch tampolo,why are they running now that less than five thousand troops and police attacked them?
Brutai already warned you miscreants,take advantage of the dialogue or face a fullsscale war.

dss propaganda

death in the north
death in the south
east and west
death everywhere
how many ppl dey 9ja sef the rate at which Nigerians are killing each other is at an alarming rate

GasAndOilTheory:
death in the north
death in the south
east and west
death everywhere
how many ppl dey 9ja sef the rate at which Nigerians are killing each other is at an alarming rate

You are free to join your brothers in Indonesia for survival, if you feel your criminal gangs are decimated in Nigeria.

lol