The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta on Friday said it had arrested a notorious suspected militant, Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo a.k.a ‘Karowei’, who in Oct. 13, 2017, masterminded the kidnapping of four British missionaries in Delta.
In a statement issued by its Spokesman, Maj. Ibrahim Abdullahi, the JTF said its troops, under an operation code-named `Op EMBER SAFE’, arrested the suspect and members of his gang in his hideout in Delta.
Abdullahi disclosed that the suspect was also behind the beheading of a security official in the state.
Residents of Ndoro community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa on Jan. 4, fled the area following the alleged beheading of a security operative by militants.
Abdullahi said one of the British media aide workers, Mr. Ian Squire, reportedly died in the kidnappers’ den in 2017.
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