According to a witness, he
said, “There has been a lot of commotion. The Nigerian Air Force bombarded
Fatola, in Arepo which is the base of the militants.
The Arepo area of Ogun
State and some part of Lagos State came under military bombardment on Thursday.
The Armed Forces, in a
joint exercise, hit the base of suspected militants in the states.
A source told Punch that
the military shelled Fatola, a notorious base of the criminals.
“They are shelling the
place with fighter jets. Some soldiers also surrounded the area to make sure
that if any of the militants should run out, they would be gunned down.”
Another resident in the
Imushin area of Ogun State told our correspondent that two aircraft were
involved in the operation.
He said, “An aircraft had
actually been surveying the creek for the past three days. But a second one
joined this evening around 6pm.
“All we heard was a sudden
bomb blast released from the second aircraft. But it appeared that some of the
militants had fled into the bush.
“There are four major bases
of the militants in the creek and they are led by two men- OC and Agbala. If
the military can get these two people, then they would have succeeded in
clipping the wings of the militants.”
The Director, Defence
Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, confirmed the operation, saying it
involved the army and the navy.
He said, “The military only
conducts its routine operation for the purpose of denying the vandals and other
criminal elements from causing terror in the area.
“The operation, codenamed,
Operation Awatse, was initiated by the defence headquarters to dominate the area
with a view to flushing out all manners of criminals including militants and
saboteurs.
“The operation involved the
joint forces of the navy and army and it has been successful.”
Punch
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