A gun battle between the Ebonyi State Police Command and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has left at least five IPOB members dead.
ANN reports that the incident occurred on Wednesday night at the Ishieke Police Station in Ebonyi Local Government Area.
According to eyewitnesses, the IPOB members arrived at the police station around 9:30 pm in a blue Sienna bus and opened fire on the station. The police responded and engaged the gunmen in a 30-minute shootout.
The exchange of gunfire forced residents to flee for their lives.
The source added, “So more security operatives including soldiers came in their numbers to apprehend the hoodlums.
“And the hoodlums in attempt to escape started withdrawing shooting sporadically on the air moving to Odomoke Ishieke market side along Nwiboko Obodo road in Ebonyi Council Area when they met their waterloo in the hands of the advance team.”
