Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to 302 Artillery and 14 Field Engineer Regiments have set ablaze some hideouts of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who are terrorising the southeast region of the country.
The spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Onyema Nwachukwu, said the troops, who were conducting “operation clear terrorists” on Monday as ordered by the military high command, captured different sophisticated weapons from the terrorists including two locally-made Artillery Projectile Launchers.
“In the operation, one combatant of the dissident group was arrested and several items, including 48 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO ammunition, 4 mobile phones, one handheld communication radio and a substance suspected to be cannabis, among others, were recovered by the troops.” he said.
In a separate operation the same day, troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade also conducted an offensive operation against oil thieves in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
