Police kill four IPOB members in Ebonyi state

Ebonyi state police command said its operatives have killed four members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), during a shootout in some communities in the state.

The state police public relations officer, Chris Anyanwu stated that the men of the command’s tactical team swooped on the hoodlums in the camp at Umuleje, Amaeze and Nkalaha communities in Ishielu local.

Anyanwu explained to journalists in Abakaliki that one of the suspects arrested earlier, led the team to the hideout of the suspects in a very thick forest adding that there is a lot of IPOB/ESN camps within and around the state.

He said items recovered from the camp of the suspects include: 13 military hand grenades suspected to have been fabricated in Russia, 210 electrical detonators, 2 Lexus 300 jeeps, 5 motorcycles of different makes, 2 pump actions, many single barrel guns, about 30 military uniforms amongst others.