Security forces seize large cache of weapons during North Waziristan IBO
RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Thursday conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan district
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RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Thursday conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan district
Security forces conducted IBO after reports of terrorist hideout
Many northerners in the South-East are also living in fear after many of them have been killed and their property worth millions of naira destroyed. Security experts including those who keep track of attacks said in the five states in the zone – Abia, Ebonyi, Anambra, Enugu and Imo, more than 40 attacks have been launched in 2021 alone in the emerging trend of onslaught on security personnel and wanton destruction of security facilities and operational assets. If neighbouring states in the South South, especially Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Cross River, are added, the number of attacks...
Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, said “preliminary investigations revealed that the attackers, who came in their numbers with sophisticated weapons such as General Purpose Machine Guns, Sub-Machine Guns, AK49 rifles, Rocket Propelled Grenades, Improvised Explosive Devices, are members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN).” President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attacks, calling them “act of terrorism.” Buhari, in a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, directed security and intelligence agencies in the state and the geo-political zo...
Igbo group condemns Owerri attacks, calls for investigation On By Clifford Ndujihe A PAN-Igbo socio-cultural think tank group, Nzuko Umunna has decried the wreaking of mayhem on the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and Nigeria Custodial Centre both in Owerri, Imo State by gunmen and urged a thorough investigation of the attacks. With members spread across Nigeria and the Diaspora, the group ”strongly condemned the wanton destruction of public assets by the attackers and reported death of at least one fleeing inmate of the correctional centre.” In a statement by Mr Ngozi Odumuko, co-...