The Anambra State Police Command says it has recovered locally fabricated Improvised Explosive Devices from a group suspected to be made up of members of the Eastern Security Network of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
The police said the explosives, including RPG Bomb and a hand grenade, were recovered at Afor Nnobi.
Afor Nnobi is Idemili South Local Government Area of the state and location of the fierce exchanges between security agencies and suspected insurgents last week Friday.
Aderemi Adeoye, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, said the items, which included telephone, were contained in a bag abandoned at the scene of the attack.
Adeoye said the command’s Bomb Disposal Squad was immediately deployed to the scene and the explosives were carefully defused.
He said other items, including the telephone handset, were being analysed to elicit useful intelligence on the gang.
He said: “The Command recovered a locally fabricated RPG Bomb and a hand grenade at the scene of the shootout between gunmen suspected to be ESN militants and the Joint Security Convoy led by the Commissioner himself.
“Detectives were deployed to process the scene of the shootout for clues that could aid investigation aimed at unravelling identities and mission of the gunmen.
“These items were found in a bag which also contained a mobile phone that was found to be loaded with one locally made hand grenade and a Rocket Propelled Grenade Bomb.
“Command Bomb Disposal Squad was deployed to the scene and explosive ordinances were defused and being analysed, while the handset is being processed for vital intelligence.”
Adeoye said the command, under CP Echeng Echeng, would stop at nothing in the effort to ensure security was stabilised in Anambra State.
He assured that the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to protect the people of Anambra State and create a conducive environment for a free and fair governorship election on November 6 would strictly implemented.
The DCP commended the synergy of the Military, Police, Department of State Services and other paramilitary agencies, noting that such was unprecedented.
