There is a heavy military presence currently in some parts of Onitsha, Anambra State as troops of the Nigerian military have been deployed to arrest Eastern Security Network operatives who have been alleged to be the rampaging gunmen wreaking havoc in the state.
SaharaReporters learnt that the military personnel were sighted on Monday evening on Atani Road, Upper Iweka in Onitsha, and on Onitsha-Owerri Road – with roadblocks for possible stop-and-search.
Only last week, rampaging gunmen attacked some police stations in the state, killing policemen and carting away heavy arms and ammunition from police stations.
The gunmen killed policemen in Neni, Anaocha Local Government Area at a checkpoint, while three weeks ago, they killed about four policemen in Nkpologwu in Aguata.
The military become no longer spared also because the gunmen killed infantrymen at an outpost in Awkuzu, Oyi Local Government Area in Anambra.
“There is a heavy navy presence in Onitsha. Some roads were blocked and areas cordoned off with the aid of the troops. It is plain they are searching out ESN and different militias. The military is enraged over the continuous killings by using gunmen in Anambra.
“There isn't any movement around Enamel Junction, and additionally on Onitsha-Owerri the day before today night because the squaddies blocked everywhere. The shooting changed into tons,” a supply stated.
“I additionally got facts from my driving force that Atani and Obodo Ukwu roads were affected,” some other resident narrated.
“The ESN militias are supposed to be in the back of the assaults on military and military gadgets in Awkuzu and Onitsha. The navy even misplaced some of their guns all through the assaults. The troops deployed are searching out ESN and Indigenous People of Biafra participants,” some other supply said.
SaharaReporters had on Monday mentioned that a few but-to-be-diagnosed gunmen shot useless a Nigerian Navy personnel, Faruk Yusuf, who was deployed to Onitsha.
The killing came one week to the bridal ceremony of Faruk, who hailed from the Unguwan Sarki place of the Biu Local Government Area of Borno State.
SaharaReporters stated that the police had released a manhunt for the killers, as Anambra State had currently become notorious for killing uniformed personnel including the police and the navy, allegedly by means of ethnic militias.
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