Security agencies have killed a suspected member of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who attacked and murdered many travellers in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east.
Henry Okoye, the police spokesperson in Imo State, announced this in a statement on Friday.
It was reported how some gunmen, on Thursday, blocked a highway and murdered a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people, including travellers along Okigwe-Owerri Road between Umuna and Amuro communities.
Umuna and Amuro are separate communities in Onuimo and Okigwe Local Government Areas of the state respectively.
The gunmen also razed over 20 vehicles, mainly tippers and trucks, during the attack believed to have been carried out by suspected IPOB members.
Mr Okoye, a deputy superintendent of police, said a joint security team launched an “intelligence-led” operation on Friday to track down the gunmen who attacked the motorists on Thursday.
The police spokesperson said the joint security team comprised personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies.
He said, during the operation, the joint team raided the suspects’ hideout in Abor-Umulolo, a community in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state.
“The hoodlums on sighting the operatives, opened fire but were overwhelmed by the superior fire power of the operative. In the ensuing gun duel, one of the hoodlums was neutralised, while others fled with varying degrees of bullet wounds,” he said.
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