The Nigerian Army has announced the destruction of the ‘Supreme Headquarters/Government House’ of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) allegedly built by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed group.
Inscriptions on the walls of the destroyed building as captured in a video of the incident read: “Welcome to the Biafran Government House built by our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.”
Another inscription reads, “Here is our supreme headquarters.”
The building is situated at a place called Mother Valley in Anambra State.
According to a statement signed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, the feat was achieved through the combined security clearance operations led by Joint Task Force Southeast Operation UDO KA.
During the raid operations, the gallant troops encountered, detonated and recovered many commands 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.
Thus, the army advised all Ndi-Imo and Ndi-Anambra to report any strange face in their communities to OPUK by dialing Emergency Line 193 and Press 2 from their phones.
Meanwhile, in another story, activists and human rights’ organizations in Nigeria heightened calls for the arrest of Finland-based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa following his allegations against Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.
One of the activists, Ben Mark also charged the federal government and the Nigerian Army to make sure Ekpa is repatriated to answer for his crimes in Nigeria……
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