Ugo Nosiri, Owerri.
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, in Imo State, say they have foiled a planned attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), neutralised one of them, arrested two others, while others fled.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-General Onyema Nwachukwu.
Brig. Gen Nwachukwu in the statement said the attack, planned by the IPOB and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network, was foiled by the Brigade’s troops, operating in the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, on its forward operating base at Ukwuorji, along the Owerri-Onitsha expressway.
“The irredentist fighters attempted the attack on the troops on 20 August 2023 but met their Waterloo, when they came under the superior firepower of the vigilant troops.”
He added that items recovered at the scene of the shootout include one vehicle, one mobile phone, one machete, nine empty cases of expended 7.62mm Special Ammunition, and one empty case of expended 12.7mm Ammunition.
