The official said the IPOB members were killed during a series of operations in some suspected IPOB hideouts from 11 February to 7 March.
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Mr Taiwo-Dada said the suspected IPOB/ESN hideouts which were destroyed by the joint task force are in Orsu, Eke-Ututu, and Ihiteukwa, Ihittenansa – all communities in Orsu Local Government Area of the state. “The troops also came in contact with the terrorists but were subdued with superior fire power with many neutralised while others with varying degrees of gunshot wounds fled into the bush,” he said, urging residents of the states to report any strange face in their communities to the task force.
The army chief added that the “well concealed and forested location afforded” the IPOB members “good cover from air surveillance” and also served as their “command and control centre and military council headquarters.” Others were laptops, several mobile phones, Baofeng radios, batteries, one inverter, a SIM card registration machine, four PoS machines, trumpets, Biafra flags and uniforms as well as an undisclosed number of vehicles suspected to have been stolen.Mr Taiwo-Dada appreciated the cooperation of all the security agencies in the success achieved so far and urged leaders of the communities, who fled during the operations in their places, to return to their ancestral homes.