By Olayemi Esan
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday says, in a joint operations conducted with troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Navy, 211 Quick Response Group of the Nigerian Air Force, Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police, a notorious stronghold of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) were dislodged at Lilu Forest in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Army Spokesperson, Brig. General Onyema Nwachukwu made this known in a statement that the operations, which was conducted in the early hours of Monday 17 January 2022, led to the neutralization of some gunmen in a fire fight that ensued.
Nwachukwu said, after dislodging the dissidents from their fortress, the dogged troops recovered 10 Pump Action Shotguns, two locally fabricated guns, One Revolver pistol, rounds of 7.62 mm special, live cartridges, machettes and IPOB flags.
Other items recovered are mobile phones, laptops amongst other dangerous weapons.
He noted that it was a well coordinated dawn attack on the fortress, where plans were been perfected to violently enforce the illegitimate sit-at-home declaration by the irredentist groups.
Lilu is a border town between Imo and Anambra States, which was hitherto known to be used as an operational base of the dissidents.
