… recovers fresh, old corpses
Troops of Joint Task Force South East Operation UDO KA II on Sunday, 1 October 2023, cleared four notorious camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Ihube, Aku and Umulolo in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State.
In a statement spokesman for the Joint Task Force Operation UDO KA II, Lieutenant Colonel Jonah Unuakhalu said; “the Joint Task Force neutralised two IPOB/ESN members and four of the of them were arrested.
“Items recovered from the camps includes different denomination of the Biafran currencies, one new power bike, four motorcycles, solar panels.
“Others are POP cements and petroleum tanker suspected to have been hijacked from hard working Igbo owners trying to make a living.
“During the clearance operation troops encountered many Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) enroute the camps.
“Due to superior firepower, the irredentist fled into neighbouring forests with gunshot wounds.
“It was discovered that the camps were being used to perpetuate atrocities such as cannibalism, occultism practices and ritual killings to instill fears into the law abiding citizens.
“These were evident from many fresh and old corpses discovered while clearing the entire camps.
“The houses of the two of their herbalists ( *Dibias* ) that took to their heels were destroyed.
“Furthermore, the shrine of the wanted terrorist, Amobi Chinoso Okafor AKA Temple where human sacrifices are being made was destroyed.
Operation UDO KA II will continue combating crime and criminality in accordance with the extant rules and regulations guiding its operations.
All law abiding and good citizens of the South-East region are enjoined to act against these devilish terrorists by providing timely, credible and reliable information which will lead to ending the menace of insecurity occasioned by activities of the terrorist group in the region.
