Lagos, January 1, : , Nigerian Navy troops killed 10 kidnappers during a recent operation to eliminate illegal gunmen from camps in Nigeria’s south.Suleiman Agabi (head of a navy special forces team) told journalists in Onitsha that five other suspects had been arrested, while others escaped from the operation with bullet wounds, Xinhua reported.
Agabi claimed that navy troops invaded Ochan forest in Anambra after receiving credible intelligence reports.The suspects were also confessed to being behind several kidnapping cases.
In recent months, a series of attacks by gunmen on Africa’s largest country have led to the deaths of security officers and civilians as well.
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