Security forces Thursday identified uncompleted structures and houses built on the right of way, isolated bushes at Lagos and Ogun riverine communities as threats that must be dismantled.

This is just as the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris told the ground forces to demolish houses belonging to militants or their conspirators as was exhibited in the northeast during the fight against terrorist sect Boko Haram.

The ground forces have been mopping up the creeks since Tuesday afternoon after the Nigerian Air Force concluded its aerial bombardment of the identified places.

The Nation reports that over 40 camps have been destroyed at Ishawo creek alone, while the operatives have recovered items such as two locally made guns, two generators, eight dane guns, 32 live cartridges, two laptops, one magazine, AK47, a magazine of GPMG.

Also recovered were handcuffs, 18 cutlasses, two Mobile Police badges, two Ecobank withdrawal booklets, INEC voter’s cards and FCMB deposit slips, among others.

Idris who was at Ishawo to observe the situation of things for himself, commended the military for the successes recorded under Operation AWATSE.

He urged fleeing residents to return and cooperate with security forces by providing information, just as he assured them of their safety and peace.

Similarly, the Operation’s chairman, Rear Admiral Fergusson Bobai who took a tour of Ishawo, Elepete, Arepo and Ibafo creeks hinted of plans by the military to establish permanent base at Majidun, Ikorodu, while outposts will be mounted in other troubled communities to deter the gunmen from returning.

He stated that the inaccessibility of the affected areas as well as the absence of security agencies emboldened the militants to carry out their criminal activities with impunity.

Confirming that the militants have been completely chased from the areas visited, Bobai that the military was working towards running them out of Fatola, their supposed headquarters.

“We are looking forward to the government building permanent structures for us at Majidun as the headquarters for Operation AWATSE and then we will have our outposts where men are deployed.

The commanding officer of the military tactical base, Colonel Julius Ogbobe who gave statistics of the recoveries said investigations were being carried out to ascertain certain things.