The Nigerian Army has said that its combined troops of 63 Brigade with the Nigerian police and operatives of the Department of State Services shot dead two Eastern Security Network (ESN) fighters and arrested five others after an encounter in Asaba, Delta State. The army said in a release that the encounter followed distress calls that the community was under attack, adding that some of “the terrorists fled to their hideout around Okpanam river.”
July 18, 2023The army said in a release that the encounter followed distress calls that the community was under attack, adding that some of “the terrorists fled to their hideout around Okpanam river.”
The army said in a release that the encounter followed distress calls that the community was under attack, adding that some of “the terrorists fled to their hideout around Okpanam river.” “The encounter followed distress calls that the community was under attack by the terrorists, 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.
“We implore members of the public to continue to cooperate with the security agencies by providing actionable information to support their operations to tackle security challenges.
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