Military onslaught against bandits and insurgents in the country may have yielded breakthrough as troops of Operation AWATSE has arrested a suspected member of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) around Sango-Ota area of Ogun State. xAccording to Onyeuko: “Troops carried out standing patrols and raid operations at strategic areas in the South-West zone, including Majidun area, during which one Mr. Ibrahim Musa, an ISWAP member was arrested at No. “Intelligence report revealed that Ibrahim was on a mission to Lagos to acquire certain items for ISWAP’s operations in Maiduguri. In another development, own troops acting on intelligence reports on ongoing illegal oil bunkering activity at Alimosho NNPC pipeline, arrested one Mr. Oyeshola Saheed, acting as the illegal bunkerers’ supervisor. “However, he named one Mr. Akanbi as the sponsor and financier of the illegal bunkering activities in the area.

Source: The Guardian July 02, 2021 03:30 UTC