South East Sit-at-Home: Enugu Police Neutralize 3 IPOB Fighter
*Recover arms and ammunitions.
South East Sit-At-Home: Enugu Police Neutralize Suspected IPOB Members
The Enugu state command has said that its operatives, alongside other sister security networks, neutralized three suspected members of the outlawed Eastern Security Network, ESN, in a joint operation on Monday as the group attempted to enforce the group's illegal sit-at-home order in the state.
The development is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe.
“Three of the hoodlums, who opened fire on the joint team upon sighting them, were neutralized...," Ndukwe disclosed.
According to the statement, the joint security team, made up of the police and troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu, stormed the group's hideout as members were getting ready to begin the enforcement of the sit-at-home.
“At about 2.15 am on Monday, September 18, 2023, a joint security team, comprising Police operatives of the Enugu State Command, NPF Special Forces, and troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu, acting on credible intelligence, busted the criminal hideout of IPOB/ESN subversive criminal elements in Ezioha Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Area, while they were perfecting plans to enforce the illegal sit-at-home order in the state"
Following the raid, the security operatives recovered three guns and cutlasses.
Meanwhile, IPOB has denied that those arrested by the police are not membersn of the group. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, who made the denial while reacting to the claim that its members are among those apprehended by the police.
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