Arms recovered as police storm secessionist stronghold in Anambra

The Nigeria Police Force has raided a suspected secessionist campy successful Owerre Ezukala, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, recovering dense weapons, explosives and unrecorded ammunition during the operation.

The raid was carried retired by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team and the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, connected Tuesday, May 6, pursuing quality obtained from a detained fishy identified arsenic Nnamdi Ogbonna, 37.

The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this successful a connection on Wednesday 13th May, saying the operatives engaged the hoodlums successful a weapon duel earlier successfully taking implicit the camp.

According to him, items recovered from the hideout included 1 General Purpose Machine Gun loaded with astir 2,000 rounds of unrecorded ammunition, 2 fabricated rocket launchers, 25 rocket propellers, 10 improvised explosive devices, 1 locally made Beretta pistol, 2 pump-action guns and 3 manus grenades.

“The operatives acted connected credible quality and stormed the campy wherever the equipped criminals were regrouping. The suspects fled the country with varying degrees of slug injuries aft ...