The Nigerian Navy personnel under the auspices of Operation Delta Sanity II, have raided pirates/kidnappers? camp in Fununu community, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and arrested two suspects.

Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, Director of Naval Information said the raid, which was carried out January 11, 2025, was in furtherance of the NN commitment to rid Nigeria?s maritime domain of all nefarious elements.

He said: ?This raid was sequel to the flag off of Operation Delta Sanity II on December 30, 2024, by the Minister of State Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri in Rivers State.

?Since the flag off, several arrests and seizures have been made.

?In this instance, the suspected pirates/kidnappers, who use the camp as a hideout engaged NN personnel in a gun duel for over 30 minutes before succumbing to superior fire power of the Navy team.

?While many criminals fled with gunshot injuries, two suspects (one male and one female) were arrested.

?During the raid on the camp, the following items were recovered, one AK-56 assault rifle, three locally fabricated guns, five pump-action guns, one foreign double-barrel gun, 68 rounds of 7.62/39mm ammunition, six round of 7.62/51mm NATO version ammunition and 25 shotgun cartridges.

?Others are four empty AK rifle magazines, one national ID card, one Monie Point debit card, one MTB SIM card, one Itel phone, one Infinix smartphone, the sum of N11,50, one chainsaw engine, one chainsaw machine, one hand saw, and one Airtel pack without SIM.

?The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, hereby reiterates that the NN will continue to work assiduously to eradicate criminal activity in Nigeria?s maritime space.? (Vanguard)

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