Troops kill two gunmen, arrest 4, recover weapons in Imo

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Troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Obinze, Imo State have killed two gunmen, recovered their weapons and arrested four others in Imo.

In a statement issued in Owerri on Tuesday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and made available to newsmen, said that the gunmen, suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), were neutralised by the troops in a fierce gun battle along Orlu – Orsu Road on Monday, April 25.

According to him, the troops, while on routine patrol, made contact with suspected elements of the IPOB around the general area of Aluminium Company and All Saints Church, along the Orlu-Orsu road.

He said that on sighting the patrol team, the criminal elements opened fire and launched a grenade attack on the troops.

He added that the vigilant troops responded with superior firepower, neutralising two of the criminal elements, compelling others to flee in disarray.

Nwachukwu said that in a hot pursuit that followed the encounter, troops arrested four of the fleeing gunmen and recovered one AK 47 rifle, two magazines, one Police grenade launcher, two Baofeng communication radios and five mobile phones.

He said that the troops also recovered one IPOB beret, two motorcycles, four SIM cards, five wallets containing different Identity cards, charms and the sum of Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Naira only.

He said: “Preliminary investigation on the suspects’ mobile phones reveals gory pictures and videos depicting scenes of cold-blooded murders, corpses displayed in shrines and other heinous atrocities committed by the criminals.”

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