Operatives of the Ebonyi State Command have arrested one Nnamdi Ngwuta Obaji a.k.a State Commander No. 3 and another member of the IPOB group, Felix Ogudu, in the State.
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Chris Anyanwu,on Sunday, he said that armed with credible intelligence, a combined team of the Police, Department of Security Service (DSS) and the Military stormed three camps of IPOB/ESN, including a new one under active construction located in a thick forest close to Opeke River, in Omege village of Agba Community in
Ishielu LGA.
According to SP Anyanwu, the operation was prompted by pieces of reliable evidence, elicited from interrogation of the two IPOB operatives.
He said that in the process of cordoning off the Camps, the combined teams were ambushed by the criminal elements with sporadic shooting in their direction, adding that the team responded and engaged them in same manner and subdued the miscreants.
He said that the IPOB operatives dived into the Opeke River and swam to different directions as they scampered for safety.
He noted that a good number of the IPOB members were neutralized while many escaped with bullet injuries.
SP Anyanwu noted that after dislodging the IPOB members and taking over the ground, the camp which they christened “IGBO BU IGBO TRAINING SCHOOL CAMP”, was ransacked and destroyed.
He equally noted that a wooden bridge under construction intended to aid the movement of the miscreants was dismantled.
Among items recovered are, 11 bullet-proof jackets,
eight sets of Military camouflage uniforms, two camp-gas cookers, 110 rounds of FNC live ammunition, 40 rounds of GPMG live ammunition,
2 PRO electronics and scanners (EOD equipment), among others
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