UPDATE: Police Raid ESN Camp In Imo, Recover Weapons, Others

UPDATE: Police Raid ESN Camp In Imo, Recover Weapons, Others

by Victor Ndubuisi
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In a recent operation, members of the Nigerian Police Force in Imo State were able to seize three automatic pump-action weapons, 31 live rounds of ammunition, 59 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, one police hand grenade, and other items from Eastern Security Network (ESN) agents, Anaedoonline.ng has learned.

In a statement released on Tuesday by Henry Okoye, the police command’s spokesperson in the state, the police command verified the news.

In their most recent operation, the security personnel, according to Okoye, drove the criminals from their camp in the Ubah Ages/Izombo tropical forest in the state’s Oguta Local Government Area.

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“We acted on carefully gathered actionable intelligence that members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia affiliate (ESN), whose modus operandi is guerilla-like operation, that is, they unleash surprise terror attacks and go into hiding in their criminal hideout, have once again reassembled and formed a camp in Ubah Agwa/Izombe tropical rain forest in Oguta LGA of Imo State.

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“The hoodlums opened fire when they saw police operatives but were driven back by the operatives’ superior firepower and skilful use of positional shooting that forced them to run with varying degrees of bullet wounds,” Okoye noted in the statement.

He assured that a concerted operation is in high gear to catch the fleeing suspects.

Giving further details about the operation, Okoye said the command’s men also recovered “IPOB/ESN insignia, blue and black police uniforms, police caps, police belt, military camouflage uniforms, black Tiger 150 motorcycle, red Daylong motorcycle, black KYMCO motorcycle, silver Honda Lady’s motorcycle and black travel bag were discovered in the dislodged terrorist camp and shrine.”

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He did, however, acknowledge that members of the Nigerian Army assisted in carrying out the operation.

The police command praised the bravery of the soldiers who took part in the operation. Okoye claimed that Mohammed Ahmed Barde, the state’s chief of police, had given the Imo State Police Command’s agents orders to repeatedly raid criminal hideouts and collect illicit weapons.

He thanked the people of Imo for their unwavering support and restated the command’s dedication to eliminating crime and criminality in the state.

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“Well-meaning citizens of the state are urged to be cautious of the people who live in their communities and to report any person spotted with or treating bullet wounds to the local police station or by calling the command’s emergency numbers, 0803773600 or 08098880197,” the statement added.

 

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