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Troops uncover payroll of Niger Delta militants
Nigerian troops may have made a headway in its current campaign against Niger Delta militants, as a nominal payroll containing the names of 30 suspected members of a dreaded militant group, the Bakassi Strike Force, BSF, has been recovered.
The payroll was discovered in an operation by the troops of Joint Task Force, JTF, Operation Delta Safe, ODS.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Deputy Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre, JMCC, Lt. Com. Thomas Otuji, on Thursday in Yenagoa.
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According to Osuji, the payroll was found when the troops stormed the hideout of the militants at Efut Esighi, Bakassi Local Government Area.
The troops, according to the statement, also arrested three suspected militants including one Moses Okokon, popularly known in the creeks as Alomo.
Osuji disclosed that when a Toyota Camry seized from Alomo was searched, sentry duty roasters, 73 wraps of substances suspected to be Indian hemp and the payroll were found in the vehicle, adding that it is being studied so that those named in it can be arrested.
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews…
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