They said the personnel recovered the suspect’s firearm and ammunition along with other exhibits.
The police in Enugu, southeast Nigeria say their operatives working with the state Neighborhood Watch Group have neutralised a member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
They said the personnel recovered the suspect’s firearm and ammunition along with other exhibits.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the command's spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the police command said the suspected IPOB/ESN member was killed on Saturday at about 10:45 pm in Igbele village by Amachala Road in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area.
According to Ndukwe, the feat was achieved following what he described as the new policing strategies devised by the state police commissioner, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, to rid the state of unrepentant criminals.
He said the operatives involved in 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.