Combined troops kill suspected ESN/IPOB fighters | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⚠️
In this file photo taken on May 28, 2017 Supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra wave the Biafra flag in the Osusu district of Aba. – In a region where separatist sentiments often flare up among the indigenous Igbo, officials are pointing at the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra or IPOB that agitates for a separate state. But the situation is far from clear. IPOB says it is falsely accused in a bid to divide the separatists who are already split over strategy.
Spokesman of the army, Brig. General Onyema Nwachukwu said the encounter followed distress calls that the community was under attack by the group, to which the combined troops swiftly responded. “The terrorists succumbed to the overwhelming fire power of the troops, after two of their members fell in the fire fight that ensued, while the survivors fled to their hideout around Okpanam river.
“The troops also recovered one AK 47 Rifle, one Pump Action Semi-Automatic Rifle, 15 Live Cartridges, one AK 47 Rifle Magazine and a Baofeng Radio Receiver.
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