Mr Yahaya urged soldiers to compliment the Nigerian Army’s kinetic engagements with “spiritual efforts…”
A vehicle laden with explosives and assorted ammunition was stopped around Utanga village, toward Obudu Mountains in Cross River.
“We will take the allegations seriously and approach the Methodist church to unravel the weighty allegations.”
“There were soldiers all from Fulani extraction around the area at Nnoma junction, and these boys were going behind them.”
The army said it also destroyed a local factory for weapons fabrication by the outlawed group.
Students of the Federal University of Technology in Akure were protesting over ASUU’s 92-day-old strike.
The army said the gunmen were killed while trying to enforce IPOB’s sit-at-home order by shooting sporadically.
The army claimed that the gunman was killed in an encounter at Ihioma Community in Orlu Local Government Area of the state.
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The COAS explained that the activities of oil thieves and illegal oil bunkering in the region were bleeding the nation’s economy.
The centre would serve as a command post, situation room, and operational briefing center for the army.
