Navy dismantles militant hideout in Cross River coastal settlement
Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- The Nigerian Navy has dismantled a suspected militant hideout in the Ine Ikoridung coastal settlement in Cross River State.
- The operation, part of sustained offensive efforts, saw troops raid the settlement where militants had relocated due to naval pressure.
- While no arrests were made, the Navy recovered items including ammunition, camouflage vests, and documents, and destroyed the identified huts to prevent future use by criminals.
The Nigerian Navy has successfully dismantled a suspected militant hideout located in the Ine Ikoridung coastal settlement within Cross River State. This action is part of ongoing offensive operations aimed at curbing militant activities in the Dayspring axis.
Accordingly, NNS VICTORY patrol gunboats stormed the settlement, cordoned the area and conducted a thorough search of identified huts where intelligence indicated the militants were residing.
According to Lieutenant-Commander Sulaiman Bala, spokesperson for the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) VICTORY, the militants had been using the settlement to terrorize nearby coastal communities. The raid was intelligence-led, with patrol gunboats storming the settlement and cordoning off the area. A thorough search of identified huts, believed to be where the militants resided, was conducted.
Upon sighting the approaching gunboats, the suspects fled. However, troops recovered five empty cartridges, one military camouflage vest, one police camouflage vest, one military pullover and one military jungle hut.
Upon sighting the approaching gunboats, the suspects fled the settlement. However, the naval troops managed to recover several items during the operation. These included five empty cartridges, one military camouflage vest, one police camouflage vest, one military pullover, and one military jungle hat. Additionally, a notebook containing records of previously arrested suspected militants and details of their current prison terms was found.
Consequently, the identified huts were destroyed to deny the criminals future safe havens within the settlement.
To prevent the criminals from using the location as a safe haven in the future, the identified huts were subsequently destroyed. Bala stated that the militants' relocation to this remote coastal settlement was a direct result of continuous pressure from the Nigerian Navy, which has restricted their freedom of action and forced them to abandon their established hideouts. NNS VICTORY affirmed its commitment to maintaining maximum pressure on these elements until complete security is restored to the maritime environment.
The Nigerian Navy Ship VICTORY will continue to sustain maximum pressure on the miscreants until total security is restored to the maritime environment.
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Originally published by Premium Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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