The Nigerian Police Force Anambra State Command has carried out the destruction of a local bomb factory and demobilized several cache of assorted improvised explosive devices after it carried out an intelligence guided raid on a secessionist hideout in Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state.
Tochukwu Ikenga, the Command’s Spokesman made this disclosure in a statement released on Sunday. He also noted that the hideout is one of the last in the long list of the strongholds from which the secessionist group terrorized the state and has proven impregnable for an extended period of two years.
Ikenga added that the joint security team, comprising the police, military, and operatives of the Anambra State Vigilante Service, carried out the clearance operation of the hideout on Saturday.
He said, “The joint security team comprising the police, military and operatives of the Anambra State Vigilante Service on May 24, 2025, extended offensive operations to a criminal hideout at Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
“During the operation, a local bomb factory was destroyed, while assorted locally made improvised explosive devices were recovered and demobilised.
“The criminal camp is one of the last strongholds of the secessionist group that was impregnable for over two years which the hoodlums used to wreak havoc in the state.
“It is pertinent to report that one of the IEDs buried around the Camp exploded during the onslaught and created a destructive impact on the road.
“The IED acted as a shield to prevent the Joint Forces from accessing the facility. Meanwhile, no life was lost during the operation.”
