However, the operation reportedly turned violent when the operatives came under attack from heavily armed men believed to be members of cross-border criminal networks.
Members of Iru Ekun, a private security outfit linked to Yoruba Nation campaigner Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, were reportedly injured after suspected cross-border bandits allegedly ambushed the team during an operation inside the Old Oyo National Park in Oyo State.
SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred while the operatives were conducting a mission aimed at tracking and dislodging suspected kidnappers and other armed criminal groups believed to be operating within the expansive forest reserve.
Meanwhile, the security team deployed surveillance drones to identify suspected criminal hideouts and monitor the movements of armed groups before advancing into the area.
However, the operation reportedly turned violent when the operatives came under attack from heavily armed men believed to be members of cross-border criminal networks.
