Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, Operation UDO KA have carried out clearance operations in camps of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network, (ESN), apprehending two suspected terrorists.
In an issued statement in Enugu yesterday by the Task Force spokesman, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, “In continuation of its clearance operations, troops on December 5, 2024 cleared IPOB/ESN Camp at Uhuala- Aku in Okigwe local government area of Imo State.
The combined force acting on credible intelligence on arrival at the terrorists camp came in contact with the irredentists who were forced to abandon their camp in disarray, escaping into the adjoining forest due to troops superior firepower.
Items recovered included: One G3 rifle, two pump action rifles, three Dane guns, one locally-fabricated pistol, one MG belt, two AK-47 rifle magazines, 12 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition and five rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition”.
Other items are a sack containing a human skull, one Toyota Hilux Vehicle, six radio chargers, 20 car keys and one Boafeng radio. Troops also destroyed 26 makeshift accommodations in the camp, he stated.
Unuakhalu also said that the troops of Sector 2 arrested two suspects terrorising the general area of the Okposi community of Ebonyi and recovered two locally fabricated pistols, nine live cartridges and one motorcycle.
Unuakhalu said that the Force Commander, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, had called on all well-meaning citizens to embrace dialogue as a tool for maintaining peace and stability in the South-East region.
