Two suspected sub-commanders of the Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network, were killed during a police-led clearance operation in forest hideouts across Amaocha Afara, Umunoha, and Ifakala in Mbaitoli and Njaba Local Government Areas of Imo State.
A security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a post shared on its official X handle on Thursday.
It was gathered that the operation was carried out by tactical teams of the Imo State Police Command following actionable intelligence.
According to the post, on sighting the police operatives, the terrorists engaged in a gun battle, resulting in the death of two sub-commanders identified as alias “Minute,” from Ebonyi State, and alias “Nwaotu,” from Mkpoku in Mbaitoli LGA.
It added that police recovered two automatic pump-action guns, nine live cartridges, six spent cartridges, and a walkie-talkie from the scene, stating that the remaining members of the group fled with varying degrees of injuries.
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“The authorities confirmed that no police personnel were harmed during the operation, while efforts continue to track and apprehend the fleeing terrorists.
“The clearance exercise forms part of the Imo State Police Command’s ongoing campaign to dismantle IPOB/ESN networks in the state,” it said.
At the time of filing this report, effort to by First Daily correspondent to reach the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, proved abortive as his numbers were not connecting.