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Police kill 5 IPOB members, two others

Police kill 5 IPOB members, two others

Security agencies have killed seven gunmen in Anambra State, south-east Nigeria, during separate operations on Wednesday.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Echeng Echeng, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press conference in Awka, the state capital.

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Mr Echeng said five of the hoodlums were suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), while two others were suspected kidnappers.

According to the CP, the five suspected IPOB members were killed when joint security operatives accosted them in Akwaihedi, a community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state.

Akwaihedi, a community in Anambra State, shares boundaries with communities in Imo, another state in the South-east.

Police kill 5 IPOB members, two others

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