Eight members of the Indeginous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) have been wasted by the Joint Military Task Force in a fierce shooting encounter in the Orlu area of Imo State.
A confirmed source told SOJ WORLDWIDE that members of the proscribed group were on their way in a Pick-Up van to attack Orlu Police Station when the incident happened..
According to SOJ WORLDWIDE reliable source, the eight of the ESN membera were killed while two of them were arrested alive. Four AK-47 with some automatic Pistols and ammunitions were recovered from them.
The graphic photos of the bodies of those killed were soaked in their own blood with their damaged white Pick-Up van.
We could not publish the graphic photos because of its obscene nature.
The security sources also confirmed that several stolen vehicles used by IPOB militants in their operation were also recovered. A video of them earlier setting out for the attack has also been released.
The video shows the militants boarding vehicles as they embarked on the twatted operation.
Orlu, the alleged location of the attack is the second-largest city in Southeast Nigeria.
This comes about two weeks after a joint operation comprising the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services killed IPOB’s Number 2 man, Commander Ikonso, and six other members of the group.
Security sources told Channels Television that Ikonso was killed in the early hours of April 24 with two other members arrested.
Security sources told Channels Television that Ikonso was killed in the early hours of April 24 with two other members arrested.
The late IPOB leader was also said to be the coordinator of all the operations of the group in the South-East, including the attack on the Imo Police Headquarters on April 5 and several other attacks on security and military personnel and facilities.
Security operatives were said to have stormed the IPOB’s operational headquarters in Awomamma village, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, where they engaged the gunmen in exchange for fire.
The operation is part of deliberate efforts by the police and other security forces to quell the activities of insurgents in Imo State and other states of the southeast and South-South region of the country.
Several sophisticated weapons including six AK-47 rifles, hundreds of ammunition of different calibre, and charms meant to ward off bullets were recovered from the gunmen.
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