Troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade, 82 Division Nigerian Army, have foiled an attack by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo State.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the troops killed one of the gunmen and apprehended two others during the attack on the army Forward Operating Base at Ukwuorji, along Owerril-Onitsha expressway on August 20.
He added that one vehicle, a mobile phone, a machete, nine empty cases of expended 7.62 mm special ammunition, and one empty case of expended 12.7mm ammunition were recovered from the attackers.
