Reuters
12 May 2011
* Military say on offensive to flush out gangs
* No immediate risk to oil industry
* Togo
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, May 12 (Reuters) - Nigerian soldiers raided suspected militant camps in the creeks of the Niger Delta on Thursday, the second day of clashes in the heartland of Africa's biggest oil and gas industry.
The military said it had uncovered new camps in Delta state set up by John Togo, a wanted gang leader who escaped a joint air, land and sea offensive by the security forces last year.
"It is from these new camps that recent cases of sea robbery and harassment of traders in the creeks have been staged," said Timothy Antigha, spokesman for the joint military taskforce (JTF) responsible for policing the Niger Delta.
"The JTF is currently engaged in a military operation to rout these criminals once and for all," he said.
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