By Jude Atupulazi
A bomb factory has been bust by a Joint security team comprising the police, military and operatives of the Anambra State Vigilante, in Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
A press statement by the spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the operation was carried out on 24th May.
He said the joint security force extended its offensive operations to a criminal camp in Isseke, during which a local bomb factory was destroyed, while assorted locally made improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered and demobilized.
‘The criminal camp is one of the last strongholds of the secessionist group that was impregnable for over two years which the hoodlums used to wreak havoc on the state.
‘It is pertinent to report that one of the IEDs buried around the camp exploded during the onslaught and created a destructive impact on the road. The IED acted as a shield to prevent the Joint Forces from accessing the facility. Meanwhile, no life was lost during the operation.
‘To this end, the security forces have sustained the operational security dominance and advancement, aimed at fully reclaiming the area from the criminals,’ the statement read.
It will be recalled that since the formation of the Agunechemba Security Outfit by the Anmabra State Government in late January this year, the activities of hoodlums in the state have been greatly reduced, with life returning to normal in areas hitherto occupied by the secessionist agitators or made impregnable by them.
Ihiala Local Government was one of the worst hit by the menace of hoodlums in that period, with many residents and natives fleeing the area in order to stay safe. But life has since been returning to normal following the ouster of the criminal elements in Ihiala and other such areas in Anambra State.
