Troops smash armed groups’ camps, kill 4 in South-East

Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, on Tuesday smashed camps of two armed groups in the South-East.

The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu.

Unuakhalu said four members of the groups were killed while 14 persons held hostage by the groups were rescued in the operations carried out in conjunction with men of the Joint Task Force code-named: “Operation UDO KA.”

He said the operations also led to the clampdown on the activities of illegal oil bunkers in the area.

The spokesman said: “In the early hours of Tuesday, October 22, troops of Sector 5 of Operation UDO KA and other security agencies came in contact with the groups at Igbo Ukwu and Uga axis of Aguata council area of Anambra.

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“During the firefight, the troops’ superior firepower forced the criminals to flee in disarray.

“During the encounter, one member of the groups was neutralised, two black coloured Lexus Jeeps with no registration number and one pump action gun with three cartridges were recovered.

“On Monday, October 21, troops deployed at FOB Lilu also came in contact with the terrorist group after detonating the Improvise Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted along the supply route.

“The troops successfully neutralised two of the terrorists, recovered one pump action short gun, one solar CCTV camera, three large pipe-borne IED, seven IEDs and eight batteries.”

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