The Delta State Command of Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, SSIB, are working with other security agencies in the state to track down a suspected militant leader, Augustine Gbangbarn, over an alleged threat text messages.
The Militant was said to have sent a threat text messages to SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company and the Joint Task Force, JTF, over the killing of notorious militant leader, Ossy Ibori, by soldiers.
The Delta State, Commissioner of Policece Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, who confirmed to Journalists over the weekend that police were on manhunt for the militant leader, said there were intelligence report that indicated that Gbangbarn “is suspected to be the leader of the militant group that carried out attack on the Marine Police patrol team in Sapele on May 8.”
Mr. Zanna said: “The group has been sending threat text messages to SEPLAT and JTF and may also have line with the militants that have vowed to carry out reprisals following the Ondo Creek operation, which resulted in the death of notorious Ossy Ibori.”
The Commissioner also disclosed that SIIB operatives have spread their dragnets to Bomadi, Patani, Sapele, Warri, Ogborikoko and riverine communities to fish out the culprits, whose attack on a police marine patrol team caused the death of some police officers.
