A notorious stronghold of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) situated at Lilu Forest in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State have been dislodged by troops of the Nigerian Army(NA) in a joint operations conducted with other security agencies.
Lilu is a border town between Imo and Anambra States, which was hitherto known to be used as an operational base of the dissidents.
In a statement signed by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu,
Director Army Public Relations operations on Tuesday, 18th January, the invasion which was conducted in the early hours of Monday 17 January 2022, led to the neutralization of some gunmen in a fire fight that ensued.
He said that after dislodging the dissidents from their fortress, the dogged troops recovered 10 Pump Action Shotguns, two locally fabricated guns, One Revolver pistol, rounds of 7.62 mm special, live cartridges, machettes and IPOB flags. He listed other items recovered as mobile phones, laptops amongst other dangerous weapons.
Nwachukwu said that the operation was jointly conducted by troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Navy, 211 Quick Response Group of the Nigerian Air Force, Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police and was a well coordinated dawn attack on the fortress, where plans were been perfected to violently enforce the illegitimate sit-at-home declaration by the irredentist group.
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