The joint operatives of the Ebonyi state Police Command on thursday stormed at the camp of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN killing a member of the group , wounding several of them in a gun duel.
The command spokesperson SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya in a statement in Abakaliki said the operatives invaded their hideout following a credible and actionable intelligence.
She noted that a tactical team operatives of the Command in a joint operation with the military and the department of state service stormed IPOB/ESN CAMP at Ekeagbebor Isu in Onicha LGA of the state.
The PPRO said that on getting to the entrance of the camp, the IPOB/ESN hoodlums engaged the team in a gun battle and in the ensuing gun duel, one of the IPOB/ESN member was shot and was fatally wounded, while others escaped with various degrees of bullet wounds.
" During the ensuing gun duel one of the police operatives sustained bullet wound injury on one of his legs and was rushed to the hospital where he is responding to treatment and recuperating".
She stated that the IPOB/ESN camp/shrine was completely destroyed during the operation.
SP Onovwakpoyeya also confirmed the arrest of another member of IPOB/ESN one Chidi Chukwu 'm' aged 31yrs by members of Agba community in Ishielu LGA of the state when he was trying to flee the community and was handed over to the police.
The Police spokesperson stated that the state Police commissioner has appealed to all hospitals, traditional medicine homes, chemists and all Ebonyians to report anyone seeking medical attention with bullet wounds injuries to the nearest police station.
" the Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State Command, CP Augustina Ogbodo psc, is using this medium to warn criminals to either desist from crime or relocate from the state as the Command is working round the clock to ensure that anyone terrorizing the State is arrested and brought to justice". She added.
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