Tag: ESN

‘IPOB, ESN responsible for 200 security agents’ deaths in South-East’ – DSS

Aminu Imam
DSS on IPOB ESN

A Department of State Services (DSS) official has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that between 170 and 200 security personnel have been killed in Nigeria’s South-East region due to the activities of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, (ESN). Testifying at the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu on Wednesday, the DSS witness claimed the killings were carried out on Kanu’s directives, citing confessions from a key ESN member, Uzuoma Benjamin (alias “Onye Army”), who allegedly said they aimed…

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Soldiers clear IPOB camps in SEast, arrest two

Aminu Imam
Soldiers clear IPOB camps

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…

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Despite Ekpas arrest in Finland, loyalist insists on ‘sit-at-home in S’East

Aminu Imam

A loyalist of the self-confessed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has insisted that the weekly sit-at-home in the South-East would continue despite their principals arrest by security agents in Finland. A member of the group, Ngozi Orabueze, announced this in a statement posted on the X platform on Sunday night. Orabueze, who described herself as the Chief of Staff to Ekpa and the acting Prime Minister of the Biafran Republic Government in Exile, (BRGIE), said the sit-at-home order still exists with or without the former.…

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Imo: Security agents kill 20 IPOB fighters, destroy 50 hideouts

Aminu Imam

Security forces in Imo State have neutralised 20 Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) fighters during a joint operation on March 7. The mission, the second in Orsu Local Government this month and the third in the State, resulted in the destruction of 50 camps, including IPOBs Supreme Headquarters, Command and Control Centre, and military council headquarters. Earlier operations on March 5 and March 2 saw the Nigerian Army and Navy eliminate five and one IPOB fighter, respectively, recovering various weapons and vehicles. However, in an issued statement yesterday, the Director,…

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Army raids IPOB/ESN Headquarters in Imo, kill scores

Aminu Imam

Nigerian Troops have raided the Supreme Headquarters of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB situated in the Mother Valley area of Imo State. In an issued statement on Thursday, Troops of the South-East Joint Task Force (OP UDOKA) neutralised several members of the group while other fled into the deeper parts of the Forest with various degrees of injuries. The statement read in part: In continuation of the sustained operations, the JTF OPUK troops has on 7 March 2024 cleared and destroyed the notorious Supreme Headquarters of the terrorists…

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IPOB/ESN: Troops neutralise combatants in Abia, Enugu

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Police have neutralised six combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in different encounters in Abia and Enugu States. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the troops had eliminated three IPOB/ESN gunmen in a fierce encounter during a clearance operation in the early hours of Monday at Igboro Forest, between Arochukwu and Ohafia Local Government…

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Insecurity: ESN gunmen threaten to force Gov. Soludo to resign

Aminu Imam

Some alleged members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have threatened to force Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo to resign through murder. They warned that since he has decided to use police and military to hunt them, they will make the State ungovernable for him.  According to a voice-mail by one of the ESN leaders, who identified himself as ‘Okwute’ (Awka-North and South Commander), threatened to continue killings in the State.  The ESN leader threatened that they will visit the hospital of a medical doctor and kill anybody there if he…

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Ebonyi: After nabbing IPOB commander, security forces raid IPoB/ESN dens

Aminu Imam

The Tactical Team of the Police Command in Ebonyi State has raided three camps of the outlawed IPOB/ESN operatives and arrested two suspected members of the gang. Spokesperson of the Police Command, SP Chris Anyanwu, at a news conference in Abakaliki yesterday, said that the camps were located in a thick forest close to Opeke River, in Omege village, Agba community, in Ishielu local government area of the State. Anyanwu said the team also recovered assorted arms and ammunition, military uniforms and many incriminating exhibits. The operation was spearheaded by…

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Enugu: One killed, arms, loot recovered in raid of IPOB/ESN camp – Police

Aminu Imam

The Police in Enugu State have said they raided the camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Agu-Ibeje forest, Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North local government area in Enugu State. The State’s Police Command spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, yesterday said the Commands tactical squads and ‘Operation Restore Peace’ carried out a tactical and intelligence-driven dusk-to-dawn raid on the IPOB/ESN camp between August 11 and 12. According to him, the raid was in pursuance of the crime-fighting strategies devised by the States Commissioner of Police,…

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South-East Unrest: Buhari reads Riot Act to IPOB, others over killing of woman, 4 children in Anambra

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised criminals responsible for the gruesome murder of a pregnant northern woman, identified as Fatima, along with her four children in Anambra State, that they will face a tough response from the security forces. According to an issued statement from the Presidents Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, warned the perpetrators of the dastardly act to expect a tough response from the security forces. He, however, cautioned against any knee-jerk reactions, the creation of panic, disruption of lives and livelihoods, or even retaliatory…

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