Following its resolve to crack down on terrorists who attacked its personnel on duty in Aba on May 30th, 2024, the Nigerian Army has announced that troops of Operation Udo Ka on Saturday conducted another successful clearance/raid operations to the IPOB/ESN Camp located in Igboro Forest in Arochukwu LGA of Abia State.
In a statement by the Nigerian Army, it said at least six of the terrorists were neutralized by the Army during the intelligence-led operations.
“During the intelligence led operation, troops encountered Improvised Explosive Devices along it’s axis of advance and one soldier sustained minor injury from the fragment. The terrorists’ feeble firefight were adequately subdued with superior firepower that led to the neutralization of 6 members of the criminal terrorists group while others escaped into adjoining bushes with varying degrees of gunshot wounds as blood stains were seen along their escape routes”, the Army said.
“The gallant troops recovered, three locally fabricated Rocket Propelled Grenade launchers, two locally fabricated Artillery gun with tripod and its bombs. Other items recovered include dane guns, Biafran flags as well as Toyota Tundra and Hilux vehicles that were burnt insitu. Also all of their camps with different inscriptions were destroyed”, the statement added.
The Nigerian Army in the statement further appealed to the people of Abia to continue to cooperate with security agencies by giving credible and timely information that will help to annihilate the criminals in the State and the whole of South East Nigeria.
It announced that any information or credible intelligence from the people should be passed to Operation Udo Ka (OPUK) by dialling the code 193 and pressing option 2 on the phone in response to the prompt.
