By Tony Icheku Owerri
The Troops of Joint Task Force South East ‘Operation UDO KA II’ said on Sunday, 1 October 2023 it raided 4 camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and it’s armed affiliates the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Ihube, Aku and Umulolo in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State.
Spokesperson for the Task Force, Lieutenant Colonel Jonah Unuakhalu in a statement shared on his X handle (formerly Twitter) stated that during the operation, troops encountered Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) enroute the camps.
He also said the camps were being used to perpetuate atrocities such as cannibalism, occultic practices and ritual killings to instill fears in the law abiding citizens.
According to him: “These were evident from many fresh and old corpses discovered while clearing the entire camps. Also, the houses of the 2 spiritual leaders/herbalists 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.”
The statement proffered that Joint Task Force neutralized 2 IPOB/ESN members while four were arrested.
It listed items recovered from the camps to include different denominations of the Biafra currencies, one new power bike, four motorcycles, solar panels. Others are POP cements and petroleum tanker suspected to have been hijacked from its owners.
“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”, the statement counseled residents of the South-East region
