Nigeria Police neutralise alleged IPOB member in Enugu, recover weapon, ammunition

• As detailed in a statement issued on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the incident occurred on Saturday around 10:45 pm in Igbele village along Amachala Road in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area
  

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The police in Enugu, located in southeast Nigeria, have reported the neutralization of a member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

This operation was carried out in collaboration with the state Neighborhood Watch Group, resulting in the retrieval of the suspect’s firearm, ammunition, and other related items.

As detailed in a statement issued on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the incident occurred on Saturday around 10:45 pm in Igbele village along Amachala Road in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area.

DSP Ndukwe credited this accomplishment to the implementation of new policing strategies developed by the state police commissioner, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, aimed at eliminating persistent criminal activity in the state.

The operatives responsible for the operation were from the Igbo-Eze North Police Division of the command and the NPF Special Forces.

He said, “One pump-action gun loaded with four live cartridges, three expended cartridges, objects suspected to be amulets, and one black (inscribed “Special Constabulary”) and yellow-coloured beret each were recovered from the neutralised member of the outlawed group.

“The feat is consequent upon the operatives’ swift response to credible information on the wanton criminal activities of the renegades, who, in their numbers, blocked the road and opened fire on them.

“The operatives, however, tactically returned fire at a superior level, leaving many other members of the subversive criminal group escaping with varying degrees of gunshot wounds.”

Ndukwe said that the police commissioner had commended the team for the job well done while assuring them of the commitment of the command to sustain the onslaught against criminals.

He, however, appealed to the citizens of the state to continue to support the police in their bid to rid the society and the state of criminal elements.