Troops clear IEDs, destroy terrorists camp in Imo

Troops of Sector 4 of Operation UDO KA person cleared respective Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and destroyed a suspected violent campy during an violative cognition successful Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State.

Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the cognition conducted connected March 11, targeted the Orsu–Ihiteukwa axis wherever suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) had planted explosive devices on cardinal routes.

According to the sources, troops engaged the equipped radical during the operation, forcing them to fly the area. Several IEDs discovered on the way were safely detonated by the troops.

The troops besides uncovered and destroyed a installation believed to beryllium utilized by the radical for panic activities. Recovered items from the tract included 32 recently fabricated pipes suspected to beryllium for IED construction, aggregate wires and clips, a double-barrel gun, a pistol mag loaded with 1 9mm round, 3 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition, 2 CCTV cameras, and a Biafran flag.

In a related development, troops of the 143 Battalion responded to a distress telephone astatine astir 9:41 p.m. connected the aforesaid time implicit reported transgression activities on the Okigwe–Ihube Road successful Okigwe Local Government Area.

Sources said the troops rescued 2 civilians during...