The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta code-named Operation Pulo Shield, yesterday, said its operatives had destroyed seven hideouts being used by kidnappers and sea pirates along the waterways of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
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According to the JTF, the renewed attack on suspected hideouts of the hoodlums blamed for the recent upsurge in crimes on the creeks and waters of the state, code named Operation Clean Up the waterways commenced at about 11.00 pm, Tuesday, at Azuzuama.
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Media Coordinator of the JTF, Lt. Col Onyema Nwachukwu, in Yenagoa said the operation was aimed at ridding the state of kidnappers and sea pirates who have been terrorizing law-abiding citizens in the state.
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He said the operation would be sustained until the criminal elements are apprehended and brought to book.
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His words: "In ensuring the security of the good people of Niger Delta whose socio-economic lives are dependent mainly on the water ways and creeks in the region, the Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, has successfully scuttled seven hideouts used by kidnappers and sea robbers in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in a recent operation in the area."
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"Following findings from series of thorough surveillance and investigations carried out by our operatives on recent criminal activities of kidnappers and sea robbers in the water ways and creeks along the Delta-Bayelsa axis of the Niger Delta, the Joint Task Force uncovered a number of hideouts that has served for hibernation to these criminals.
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"These criminals have over time harassed and intimidated not only the inhabitants of these communities but also those engaged in commercial activities in the water ways.
JTF are doing everything they can right now to eradicate that deadly group called Boko Haram. I believe they would at the end of the day