Troops neutralize IPOB, ESN bomb expert

Troops of the Nigerian Army, successful conjunction with sister services and different information agencies, neutralised an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) adept of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its equipped affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN) successful Orsu – Ihitteukwa, Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State, connected Wednesday, May 2, 2024.

The troops, comprising the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, Nigerian Police, Department of State Services and the Nigerian Securities and Civil Defence Corps, were connected a clearance cognition astir Udaah, Identa Ihitteukwa and Awo Idemili successful Orsu LGA of Imo State.

They made interaction with the dissidents, who opened fire, lobbed hand-held IEDs and launched locally made rockets (Ogbunigwe) astatine the advancing troops.

According to service spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, portion troops advanced, respective IEDs were detonated by the terrorists, who fled successful disarray. One of the dissidents was neutralised portion connecting the explosive to its powerfulness source.

“Items recovered see locally made rocket launchers, defused IEDs, pipes, wires and different materials utilized successful the accumulation of explosives and locally made rocket launchers. The troops besides covered respective ditches utilized arsenic obstacles connected the roads linking the communities by the ESN elements.

“The Nigerian Army volition proceed to behaviour its operations to deter the irredentist from state of action.”