There was a shootout with some IPOB members, the army said.
EXCLUSIVE: Top Nigeria Customs officers enmeshed in multi-billion naira corruption scandalFood security: The Bago challenge, By Dakuku PetersideEXCLUSIVE: Top Nigeria Customs officers enmeshed in multi-billion naira corruption scandalFood security: The Bago challenge, By Dakuku Petersideand neutralised a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory, operated by armed fighters of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Delta State, south-south Nigeria.
Mr Nwachukwu, a major general, said that six members of the IPOB militia arm, Eastern Security Network , were apprehended during the operation at the factory which is at Onicha Ulona in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta. According to him, upon swooping in on the illegal factory, the troops were met with stiff resistance, but they overpowered the armed fighters in a fierce firefight that followed.“The gallant troops neutralised two of the fighters and recovered a substantial cache of arms and ammunition.
Mr Nwachukwu assured the public of the army’s commitment to dismantling terrorists’ and insurgents’ networks in their effort to mitigate security challenges in the nation.
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