Anambra Police Raid, Destroy Insurgent Camps, Recover IEDs, Walkie-talkies, Food Items etc
Joint Security Taskforce (JTF), over the weekend, raided the forests of Ogbunka in Orumba South LGA in Anambra State, and recovered six months Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two Walkie Talkies, groceries and food items from the camps of insurgents.
A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the raid followed an order by the Police Commissioner, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, to the JTF to identify and destroy the insurgents.
Some hoodlums had within the last two weeks attacked police stations at Awgbu in Orumba North LGA and Neni, Anaocha LGA, setting some of the operatives’ facilities ablaze with reports of officers either killed or whisked away, although the police denied such reports.
The statement read:
“In the hunt for gunmen who attacked two Police Stations at Awgbu in Orumba North and Neni in Anaocha LGAs in the last two weeks, Police-led Joint Security Force was ordered by the Commissioner of Police CP Aderemi Adeoye to identify and destroy any camp being used by insurgents to launch attacks within the Command.
“We had previously destroyed two such camps, one in Ogbunka, Orumba South LGA and the other in Achalla, Awka North LGA. Yesterday, Friday, 29th March, 2024 The Joint Security Force raided the forests of Ogbunka in Orumba South LGA and found scattered camps of the insurgents. The cowardly criminals fled in the face of the onslaught.
“Six Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) already primed for attacks and two Walkie Talkies were recovered from the Camps. Also recovered were substantial food and groceries supply. All the camps were subsequently destroyed to deny the insurgents bases for launching attacks.
“The raid on the forests in search of insurgents and their camps is still ongoing with a view to eliminating the terrorists; rescuing abducted victims; recovering firearms and stolen vehicles in their possession,” the statement concluded.
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