By Oluwatosin Maliki
A suspected member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been killed by troops of Sector 4 deployed at Forward Operational Base in Okigwe, Imo State.
The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Lieutenant Colonel Jonah Unuakhalu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. He explained that the troops had ordered the suspect to stop and alight from the motorcycle. But, he immediately took to his heels in order to escape arrest.
The statement partly read, “All efforts to stop him proved abortive, forcing the troops to open fire and neutralise the suspect”.
“Items recovered from him are two live rounds of 7.62mm Special, One ITEL Mobile phone, one small bag containing charms, the sum of N2,300 only and One Qlink motorcycle.”
In a similar event, Nigerian army of Sector One of the Joint Task Force South East, code-named “Operation Udo Ka II” in a joint operation with the Department of State Services (DSS), apprehended an escapee from Jos jailbreak during a raid in Enugu.
Quest Time gathered that the escapee was arrested during an invasion on the hideout of suspected members of IPOB and ESN in Ugbakwa village in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Consequently, “During the raid operations, troops apprehended one Mr Chimezie Chukwu alias Biggi, an escapee of Jos Prison Break known to be a drug peddler, gunrunner and also specialised in armed robbery”.
In addition, “Items recovered from him included: six mobile phones, three mobile phone batteries, one Moniepoint POS and ATM card, two packs of substances suspected to be cannabis and the sum of N107,280 only”.
A spokesman of the 82 Division said, “The suspect and recovered items are in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) for further investigation”.