Muhammad Sabiu
Nigerian troops stationed in the southeast have on Thursday, October, 28, successfully eliminated a Biafran National Guard combatant in an encounter in Amaekpu, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State.
The troops also recovered some vehicles and weapons which belonged to the combatants.
In a Facebook statement signed on Friday by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier Onyema Nwachukwu, he stated that although the Biafran combatants were heavily armed, they were successfully overrun and had no option but to flee.
Read Brigadier Onyema’s full statement:
TROOPS NEUTRALISE BNG GUNMAN …Recover Arm, Vehicles
Troops conducting Exercise GOLDEN DAWN have neutralised one of the Biafran National Guard gunmen who attacked troops’ location at Amaekpu, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State on Thursday 28 October 2021.
The assailants, who were heavily armed and conveyed in several vehicles opened fire on the troops’ location, but were met with stiff resistance by the troops. In the encounter, the troops neutralized one gunman, while others abandoned their vehicles and retreated in disarray with gunshot wounds. The troops also recovered a pump action gun, among others.
While the criminals withdrew, having been overwhelmed, they were promptly intercepted at Eda by troops of Forward Operating Base Ohaozara in Ebonyi State. The troops recovered additional three vehicles and apprehended one of the gunmen.
ONYEMA NWACHUKWU Brigadier General Director Army Public Relations 28 October 2021
