The Enugu State Police Command has announced the killing of two members of the Eastern Security Network, a security outfit of the Indigenous People of Biafra during a raid on their camp.
A statement on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, indicated that one AK-47 rifle, one submachine gun, one stainless pump-action gun, 27 live and 23 expended rounds of 7.62 mm caliber ammunition were recovered after the raid.
Ndukwe said that the intelligence-guided raid was carried out by operatives of the command serving in Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, on March 30, 2024, at about 2:30 a.m in their camp in Akwuke community, Enugu South Local Government Area of the state.
The statement said it was in pursuance of the Easter crime prevention strategies devised by the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu.
The operatives were, however, met with resistance from the renegades, who opened fire upon sighting them, but they were subdued by the superior firepower of the operatives,” the Ndukwe said.
