The Military High Command has promised to bring overwhelming pressure on the proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, over the killing of five soldiers at a checkpoint at Aba in Abia on Wednesday. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Buba said the military would be fierce in its response to the dastardly act and would bring overwhelming military pressure on the group to ensure their total defeat. He said the troops of Operation UDO KA deployed at Obikabia Junction Checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Areas adjourning Aba metropolis in Abia were attacked and sadly killed by terrorists of IPOB /ESN.
“The attack sadly took the lives of five personnel of the armed forces. “The armed forces mourn these troops as each and every soldier lost in battle is a terrible loss. “Meanwhile, investigations are ongoing concerning the attack. “Overall, it must be reiterated that the lifeline of the terrorist is the people and this situation is no exemption. “Winning the war without the support of the people is close to impossible and the IPOB capitalized on this to perpetrate attacks on the troops.
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