The police wishes to state in clear terms that the operation was carried out by a combined team of police operatives to sanitise the
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Strike Force who were deployed to Nembe Bassambiri community in Bayelsa State, have arrested eight suspected gunmen and recovered several calibres of arms and ammunition.
This followed the receipt of a petition from a law firm on the activities of some hoodlums armed with guns and other dangerous weapons; who were constantly terrorizing members of Nembe Bassambiri community in Bayelsa, and coupled with other similar complaints and intelligence in the region, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi said in a late Monday night correspondence obtained by our correspondent.
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