Photos: The camps raided by the troops and some of the recovered items...credit: Police
The joint security team of the Anambra State Police Command has raided some secessionist movement hideouts in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state, killing six suspected armed members of the group after a prolonged gun battle, while others fled the area with gunshot injuries.
The command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Sunday, said the operation, carried out in interior localities across the area, was aimed at dismantling criminal networks and violent non-state actors across the state.
Ikenga added that the clearance operation, conducted on Saturday, was carried out by operatives of the joint security team comprising the Nigeria Police Force from the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu; Department of State Services; 302 Artillery Regiment, Onitsha; Nigerian Navy personnel from Ogbaru; and Agunachamba operatives from the community.
According to him, the troops, acting on credible intelligence, trekked for about four hours through difficult terrain and dense palm forest before arriving at an identified camp suspected to be occupied by an armed criminal group.
