By Ibrahim Garba
The battle to end terrorism in the south east of Nigeria seems to be winding down gradually as an acclaimed founding father of the Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB), and its security arms, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) Mr. Pius Iguh is reportedly arrested by the military command.
The Outlawed IPOB was founded in 2012 and since then there has been harvest of criminal activities within the five states that made up the south east of Nigeria.
Nnamdi Kanu the acllaimed leader of IPOB has been under the custody of the Nigerian secret police otherwise known as the Department of State Security (DSS) having been arrested under the general Muhammadu Buhari administration.
However, the Military High Command on Thursday through the director of defence media operations, Major Gen Edward Buba, announced the arrest of Iguh which of course os giving assurance to the masses that security challenges in the region is gradually coming to an end.
According to Gen. Buba, “the suspect was picked up at a location in Imo State during a sting operation conducted by the troops of Forward Base Operation FOB operating in the South East Theatre.
“Troops continue to deepen operational successes across the various theatres of operation. For instance, in the South East theatre, troops at FOB Orsu conducted a sting operation that culminated in the arrest of an IPOB terrorist leader.
“The arrested terrorist leader, identified as Pius Iguh, is a founding father of ESN group in Orsu general area of Imo State.”
The troop did not only arrest Iguh but also arrested IPOB terrorist commander identified as Emmanuel Onwugu, who was arrested in Mbano Local Government Area of Abia State.
Gen Buba stated that similarly, troops at FOB Amaruku conducted a raid that resulted in the arrest of another IPOB terrorist commander identified as Emmanuel Onwugu, who was arrested in Mbano Local Government Area of Abia State. While a notorious cult leader named Ifeanyi Rock was also captured with 10 of his combatants in Arochukwu, Abia State.
This of course signified that the end to terrorism in the south east Nigeria is gradually fizzling out by the day coutersy of military sting operations in the area.
