Troops gun down three IPOB members recover bomb, other weapons

Troops of Sector 5, Joint Task Force South-East Operation UDO KA, successful conjunction with sister services and different information agencies, person neutralized 3 suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its equipped affiliate, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, successful Anambra State.

The Nigerian Army Headquarters, successful a connection connected its authoritative Facebook leafage connected Wednesday, said the cognition followed credible intelligence.

According to the statement, the transgression elements were “masquerading successful subject camouflage and Nigeria Police uniforms to perpetrate convulsive attacks”.

The service said upon receipt of the intelligence, the associated information squad “swiftly mobilised and tracked the suspects on the Ogboji–Ajali axis successful Orumba South Local Government Area connected 23 June 2026”.

“The suspects were intercepted portion moving successful a achromatic Toyota Sienna vehicle, starring to a fierce firefight during which 3 ESN operatives were neutralised.

“Following the engagement, troops conducted a thorough exploitation of the country and recovered PKM instrumentality guns with 53 rounds of ammunition, 2 AK-47 rifles, further rounds of 7.62mm and 5.56mm ammunition, 4 improvised explosive devices, IEDs, communicati...