{"id":85300,"date":"2021-08-27T20:16:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85300"},"modified":"2021-08-27T20:16:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:16:33","slug":"many-killed-injured-in-raid-on-ipob-esn-imo-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/many-killed-injured-in-raid-on-ipob-esn-imo-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Many killed, injured in raid on IPOB\/ ESN Imo camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">An unspecified number of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) members were killed in a clash with the police during a raid on their camp located at Akata in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The police also suffered heavy casualties when some groups of IPOB\/ESN laid ambush on their vehicles while the police personnel were returning from the raid.<\/p>\n<p>It was learnt that the bandits threw petrol bombs and Improvised Explosives Devices (I.E.Ds) at the police vehicles, causing heavy casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Credible information by the Imo Command\u2019s intelligence unit revealed that some bandits suspected to be IPOB\/ESN terror groups were seen mobilising to attack police formations and government installations from their camp located at Akata in Oru East LGA of Imo State.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was learnt Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Rabiu immediately, dispatched the command\u2019s Special Forces and tactical teams led by the officer- in- charge of Operation Restore Peace, ACP Evans Shem to dislodge the bandits as a proactive measure to nip their planned attack on the bud.<\/p>\n<p>The Police spokesman CSP Michael Abattam, who disclosed these in a statement, said on approaching the camp, the police teams were attacked by the terror groups.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said in the battle that ensued, the head of the IPOB\/ESN group and others were neutralised.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said items recovered include three Improvised Explosives Devices (I.E.D), two Pump Action Guns, nine Cartridges, One Locally Made Pistol and One Toyota Highlander SUV vehicle with registration number IMO DFB 535 LC.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, on their way back unknown to police teams, the bandits reinforced and regrouped, using palm tree logs to block the entire exit paths in the bush.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was at the fourth blockade that the police teams came under heavy attack while removing the fourth palm tree log used in blocking the exit path.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unspecified number of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) members were killed in a clash with the police during a raid on their camp located&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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