Government security operatives, comprising of Police, soldiers, and officials of the Department of State Service has stormed a camp at Eke-agbebor Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, where Indigenous People of Biafra are said to reside.
This was contained in a press statement issued by the state command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, in Abakaliki on Thursday, September 14.
Onovwakpoyeya said the team also destroyed a shrine at the IPOB camp.
“On Sept. 13, acting on credible and actionable intelligence, tactical team operatives of the Command in a joint operation with the military and the DSS stormed an IPOB/ESN camp at Eke-agbebor Isu in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi state.
“One of the IPOB/ESN members was shot and fatally wounded, while others escaped with various degrees of bullet wounds.
“Two others were, however, arrested. These are Emmanuel Chinedu ‘m’, aka Patho, aged 26, and Paul Ani ‘m’, aka Osah, 38,” the PPRO explained.
Onovwakpoyeya further pleaded with residents of the state to reports anyone seeking medical attention with injuries.
“The Commissioner of Police is using this opportunity to appeal to all hospitals, traditional medicine homes, chemists, and all Ebonyi residents to report anyone seeking medical attention with bullet wound injuries to the nearest police station,” she stated.
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