Troops of Operation Udoka in the South East have arrested the suspected “founding father” of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and others.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, revealed this on Thursday during a media briefing.
The bi-weekly briefing of the Defence Headquarters gives an overview of successes recorded by the military.
Buba said the arrests were made in Orsu, Imo State, Amaruku and Arochukwu in Abia State.
He said: “In the South East, the troops of Operation Udoka, Forward Operating Base, Orsu in a sting operation, apprehended a terrorist leader belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network terrorist group, known as Pius Iguh.
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“He is an IPOB founding father responsible for the Orsu general area in Imo State.
“Also in a separate development, troops of FOB Amaruku conducted a raid on an Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) commanders’ location.
“The raid was successful and led to the arrest of the commander identified as Emmanuel Onwugu in Mbano Local Government Area of Abia State.”
According to Buba, troops also arrested another suspect, Ifeanyi Rock, who is a “notorious cult leader”.
He said the operation, which was in collaboration with security forces, “led to the arrest of a notorious cult leader named Ifeanyi Rock and 10 of his commanders in the Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State”.
Major General Buba said the DHQ also recovered some items and weapons from the operations in the South East.
This is just as troops rescued 76 kidnap victims during the week under review.
He said troops neutralised 140 terrorists and arrested 135 of them during their operations.
“We will continue to do more of that,” he said.
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