Tag: ESN
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Analysis: Unending reign of terror in Nigeria: Where is next?
Insecurity in Nigeria has reached an alarming proportion, manifesting in the form of banditry, kidnapping, mass shootings and political violence, forcing many in the country to now live in the throes of fear as ransoms paid since this year have already exceeded N1 billion. The country’s North-central and Northwest regions continue to experience communal militia…
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Police invade suspected IPOB/ESN hideout in Ebonyi, Kill 1
The Police Command in Ebonyi says it has raided the Indigenous People of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) suspected camp, killed one, and arrested another. The command’s Spokesman, SP Chris Anyanwu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abakiliki and made available to newsmen on Friday. Anyanwu stated that the operation was carried out by…
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IMO POLICE: Killers of Ahmed Gulak confess, point fingers at politicians
Police in Imo State have paraded members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), who allegedly killed former Presidential aide of President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, on May 30, 2021. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that Gulak was murdered on Ngor Okpala Airport Road, Owerri, the state capital.
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ESN/IPOB loses Anambra, Enugu camps to Troops
Camps belonging to Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Anambra and Enugu states have been cleared by the troops of 302 Regiment- Nigerian Army and security agencies. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said the raids were carried out in conjunction with operatives of the Nigerian Navy, Department…
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IPOB/ESN’s IEDs blows up own members in Enugu – Army
In a statement contained by the Director, Nigerian Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Army disclosed that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) has exploded, inflicting injuries to its members.
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Insecurity: IPOB, ESN deny killing Fatima, four kids in Anambra
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that the operatives of the Eastern Security Network, ESN. do not have a hand in the murder of Fatima and her four children in Anambra state. IPOB made it known that it’s an abomination to kill a pregnant woman in Igboland,saying ESN has no connection with the…
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Killing of non-indigenes in South East: Presidency warns against retaliation
The Presidency has cautioned against retaliatory violence, following the viral videos of the alleged killings of non-indigenes by the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
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Beheading of two soldiers callous, wicked-Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army is still mourning the gruesome murder of two gallant soldiers who travelled home to Imo state to formalize their wedding as despicable and very wicked. The Army who has fingered IPOB/ESN for the murder has described the act as a witch-hunt on soldiers.
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IPOB using propaganda to malign Nigerian army – Nwachukwu
The Nigerian Army, says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are using pictures of fake soldiers arrested by Nigerian army troops recently to malign the institution. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that one Solomon Okafor of Radio Biafra…
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Police arrest alleged ESN bomb manufacturer
The Police Command in Imo has arrested a suspected member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), Simeon Onigbo, aged 50; alleged to be manufacturing bombs for the group. Mr Mike Abattam, the Police spokesperson, said this in a statement he signed on behalf of the Commissioner of Police (CP) Mohammed Barde on Friday.