The military said that the killing of the ESN commander was sequel to the capturing of the stronghold of the IPOB/ESN at Mother Valley.
The Nigerian Army has said that its troops have killed a commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Imo State, identified as Tochukwu Aka Ojoto.
The military said that the killing of the ESN commander was sequel to the capturing of the stronghold of the IPOB/ESN at Mother Valley; it said the criminal elements had been making efforts to establish other camps in the general area and other places.
According to a statement by the army, troops of the Joint Task Force Operation UDO KA based on reliable Intelligence on Monday cleared the general area of Udda, Ihittukwa and Orsumoghu in Orsu Local Government Area of the state.
The statement noted during the special clearance operations that troops came in contact with the terrorists who expectantly employed Improvised Explosive Devices to stop the advancing troops.
However, the gallant joint troops with superior firepower forced the criminals to withdraw in disarray.
The statement said that in the encounter, “Four of the irredentists were neturalised and others escaped with gunshot wounds.
“One of the IPOB/ESN commanders, Tochukwu Aka Ojoto in charge of Ihietukwa Command despite many charms on his body was neutralised.
“Items recovered from the hideouts include, one AK-47 rifle with two magazines, two automatic pump action guns, three handheld Baofeng radios, one laptop and one Tecno phone.