Army captures IPOB leaders, raid hideouts

<p><strong>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Nigerian Army<&sol;a> has announced the capture of two ring leaders of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Indigenous People of Biafra&comma; IPOB<&sol;a> and the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Eastern Security Network<&sol;a> in <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Enugu<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Below is a full statement from the army&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Troops of Joint Security Team have raided a suspected Indigeneous People of Biafra&sol;Eastern Security Network &lpar;IPOB&sol;ESN&rpar; hideout located in Mgbowo&comma; Awgu Local Government Area on 1 November 2021&period; During the night operation&comma; two ring leaders of IPOB&sol; ESN were arrested&period; The suspects are currently undergoing interrogation with a security agency&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It should be noted that&comma; contrary to IPOB&sol;ESN propaganda video&comma; there was no incident of indiscriminate firing or unprovoked burning of houses during the raid&period; The joint operation in Agwu was conducted in the night and there was no destruction of any private property involved&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;cubana-chief-priest-reacts-to-obi-cubana-arrest-by-efcc-1&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff00ff&semi;">Cubana Chief Priest Reacts To Obi Cubana Arrest By EFCC<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The trending videos in circulation claiming to represent the aftermath of the night operation is not portraying the Agwu operation&period; It is meant to whip up sentiment and incite the public against the Army&period; Meanwhile&comma; Investigation into the video is ongoing to ascertain when and where it was shot and those involved&period; Any personnel found culpable would be sanctioned accordingly&period; Updates will be communicated when investigation is completed&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Members of the public are advised to disregard such propaganda materials intended to mislead the public&period; We shall continue to support other security agencies in line with our constitutional mandate in a professional manner&period; Any act of unprofessional conduct among our troops will not be tolerated&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;