Troops of the Joint Task Force of Operation Udo Ka (OPUK) has cleared and destroyed the notorious Supreme Headquarters of the terrorists Indigenous People of Biafara (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN).
According to a statement issued by the Nigerian army, the mother valley which is about 5,000 feet below sea level was raided by the Joint Task Force South East Operation UDO KA comprising of the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Navy, Nigerian Airforce, the Nigerian Police, DSS and the NSCDC officials.
The army said during the raid operations, the gallant troops encountered, detonated and recovered many command Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and various types of obstacles which were cleared by the determined troops.
The troops also came in contact with the terrorists but were subdued with superior fire power with many neutralized while others with varying degrees of gunshot wounds fled into the bush.
While appreciating other sister security agencies, the GOV 82 Division of the Nigerian army and The Force Commander Joint Task Force Southeast Operation UDO KA, Major General Hassan Taiwo Dada, enjoined the leaders of all liberated communities to return to their ancestral homes, emplace community efforts to ensure that all criminal elements not from the communities are not allowed to return to desecrate their homelands.
He called on all law abiding people of the Southeast to provide timely and actionable information to the Nigerian army free toll and emergency Emergency Line 193 to help make the Southeast geopolitical zone a peaceful and conducive environment for socio-economic development to thrive.
