The Nigerian army says troops from its 63 Brigade k#lled two Indigenous Poeple of Biafra (IPOB) f#ghtersduring a sh%ot out on Monday in Delta State.
The ESN is the paramilitary organisation of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
In a statement on Tuesday by Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, the f#ghters were k#lled during a “fierc£ encounter” with troops on Monday around Fuji junction general area of Asaba, the capital of Delta. The army spokesperson said the troops arrested five other IPOB members during the encounter.
Mr Nwachukwu, brigadier general, said the troops comprised soldiers, police personnel, and operatives of the State Security Service. “The encounter followed distress calls that the community was attacked by the t£rr%rists, to which the combined troops swiftly responded.
The t£rr%rists succumbed to the overwhelming firepower of the troops after two of their members fell in the firefight that ensued, while the survivors fled to their hideout around Okpanam River,” Mr Nwachukwu said.
He said the troops trailed the IPOB fighters to their enclave in a house around Okpanam River, where they were arrested. The troops recovered one AK 47 rifle, one Pump Action Semi-Automatic rifle, 15 live cartridges, one AK 47 rifle magazine and a Baofeng radio receiver.
