… Recover Arms, Vehicles
Troops of the Nigerian Army conducting Exercise Golden Dawn, have neutralised one of the Biafran National Guard gunmen [BNG] who attacked officers’ location at Amaekpu, Ohafia LGA, in Abia State.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, he said that the assailants, who were heavily armed and conveyed in several vehicles, opened fire on the troops’ location, but were met with stiff resistance by the troops. In the encounter, the troops neutralized one gunman, while others abandoned their vehicles and fled with gunshot wounds. The troops also recovered a pump action gun, among others.
The criminals were later intercepted at Eda by troops of Forward Operating Base Ohaozara in Ebonyi State. The troops recovered additional three vehicles and apprehended one of the gunmen.
