Navy Busts Militant Financing Network, Recovers Extorted N5.5m In Cross River

Nigerian Navy has disrupted a suspected militant financing network and recovered N5.5 million extortion at Dayspring Island, Cross River State.
A statement by the naval spokesman Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho said the operation carried out on Calabar waterways was conducted by personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) VICTORY deployed at the Forward Security Outpost on Dayspring Island following credible intelligence on the activities of suspected militants operating within the Ini Abasi fishing settlement in Akpabuyo local government area.
He said intelligence reports had indicated that the location served as a meeting point and operational base for criminal elements who emerged from a...