The Nigerian Army and Police have declared war on militants over the killing of an Army captain, four policemen and a civilian at the Isawo Area of Ikorodu, Lagos, on Sunday, April.

Militants from Ishawo creek allegedly stormed the Woodland Estate, in Ishawo on the day to rob residents and abducted some of them.

Fatai Owoseni, Lagos State commissioner of Police, vowed to deal with the militants from Ishawo creek who allegedly stormed the Woodland Estate, in Ishawo on the day to rob residents and abduct some of the residents.

Owoseni said with the synergy from sister security agencies, criminal elements involved in the killing of the soldiers and policemen would be apprehended and brought  to book.

In the same vein, the Army has revealed that a combined team of the police and military was in hot pursuit of the killer militants, who fled the scene carrying the dead bodies of their colleagues and the wounded.

Olaolu Daudu, a lieutenant colonel and acting deputy director, Army Public Relations, the combine team was on the militants’ trail “as they have vowed that the death of the gallant officer and men of the Nigeria Police who fought bravely for the success of the operation will not be in vain.

“We would like to use this medium to implore anyone with useful information to come forward, while we reassure the general public, especially the residents of Isawo community in Ikorodu of their continued safety.”

Also, the Lagos State government has promised to go after criminal elements and their collaborators using coastal areas and illegal waterfront settlements as havens or escape routes to perpetrate evil and criminal activities.

In a statement by Steve Ayorinde, the state’s commissioner for Information and Strategy, the government declared that all the people directly or remotely linked to the Ishawo dastardly act would be brought to justice in the shortest possible time.

“We wish to solicit the understanding and support of the public on the need to rid our waterways of illegal shanties that are not only an eyesore to our collective decency but have become a fertile ground for breeding illicit and illegal activities that constitute danger to the security and wellbeing of the larger public,” the commissioner said.

The militants, who shot sporadically, were said to have operated for hours, moving from targets to targets, forcing some residents to flee the area.

—  Apr 10, 2017 @ 10:05 GMT

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