UPDATE: Nigerian Security Agencies Kill IPOB, ESN Bomb Expert

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An expert in improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, purportedly employed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its security wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Orsu, Ihitteukwa, Orsu Local Government Area, Imo State, has been neutralised by Nigerian Army troops working with other security agencies.

The Nigerian Army Headquarters posted on Facebook that the mission was completed on Thursday.

The post claims that during a clearance operation around Udaah, Identa Ihitteukwa, and Awo Idemili in the state’s Orsu Local Government Area, soldiers from the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, Nigerian Police, Department of State Services, DSS, and other security agencies engaged in combat with the attackers.

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According to the report, during the operation, the criminal elements fired shots, threw hand-held IEDs, and fired locally manufactured rockets called Ogbunigwe against the advancing forces.

“While the troops advanced, several IEDs were detonated by the terrorists who fled in disarray. One of the dissidents was neutralised, while connecting the explosive to its power source.

“Items recovered include locally made rocket launchers, defused IEDs, pipes, wires and other materials used in the production of explosives and locally made rocket launchers. The troops also covered several ditches used as obstacles on the roads linking the communities by the ESN elements.

“The Nigerian Army will continue to conduct its operations to deter the irredentist from freedom of action,” the statement added.

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