How Army Neutralized, Captured Alleged ESN Members In Imo | SEE PHOTOS

According to a statement signed by Bgrigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, the troops who were on routine patrol engaged the suspects in a gun duel around the general area of Aluminum Company and All Saints Church. Along Orlu-Orsu road.

"On sighting the patrol team, the criminal elements opened fire and launched grenade attack on the troops. The vigilant troops responded with superior firepower neutralizing two of the criminal elements, compelling others to flee in disarray.

In a hot pursuit that followed the encounter, troops arrested four of the fleeing gunmen and recovered one AK 47 rifle, two magazines, one Police grenade launcher, two Baofeng communication radios, five mobile phones, one IPOB Beret, two Motorcycles, four SIM cards, five wallets containing different ID cards, aphrodisiac, charms and the sum of Sixteen Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Naira only.

Preliminary investigation on the suspects' mobile phones reveals gory pictures and videos depicting scenes of cold bl0oded mu-rders, corps-es displayed in shrines and other heinous atrocities committed by the criminalsÔÇØ the statement read in part.