{"id":64220,"date":"2022-08-31T21:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=64220"},"modified":"2022-08-31T21:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:47:19","slug":"troops-smooth-out-ipob-esn-dissidents-in-orsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/troops-smooth-out-ipob-esn-dissidents-in-orsu\/","title":{"rendered":"TROOPS Smooth Out IPOB\/ESN Dissidents In Orsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; recovers rocket launchers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64213 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220831-WA0055-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" \/>Troops of Headquarters 82 Division Nigerian Army, comprising troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, in conjunction with troops of Nigerian Navy, Air Force and other security agencies have neutralized two combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing Eastern Security Network (ESN) along Eke Ututu &#8211; Ihitte Nansa road in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>The troops were said to have encountered the dissidents on Tuesday, 30th August, 2022 while carrying out a raid operation around the general area of Orsu Ihitte Ukwa and Ihitte Nansa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64214 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220831-WA0056-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" \/>The neutralized members had taken position to launch one of their primed rocket launchers, when they were engaged and taken out by the vigilant troops.<\/p>\n<p>The fearless troops were unhurt, as Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) deployed by the irredentists exploded at Eke Ututu Market, destroying some of the shops in the market.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Eke Ututu market has recently become a flash point as dissidents often ambush troops using explosives and fire arms from within and around the market, while troops are on routine patrol.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, the Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD) team recovered several Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) planted along the road, as well as locally fabricated rocket launchers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64215 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220831-WA0057-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/>Spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu added that the troops will continue to ensure that there is no safe haven for all criminal elements operating around Orsu and Orsumoghu general area.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troops of Headquarters 82 Division Nigerian Army, comprising troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, in conjunction with troops of Nigerian Navy, Air Force and other security agencies have neutralized two combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing Eastern Security Network (ESN) along Eke Ututu &#8211; Ihitte Nansa road in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[9864,957],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-64220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-crime","category-news","tag-esn","tag-ipob"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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