Anambra: Five soldiers killed in auto crash while answering distress call to repel alleged IPOB/ESN attack

 

Five soldiers have reportedly lost their lives while others were critically injured after a MRAP (mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle) had an accident while trying to repel an alleged attack by operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Anambra State.

According to SaharaReporters, the soldiers from the 302 Artillery Regiment, General Support, Onitsha were on their way to Ihiala to join with their colleagues at a military checkpoint after receiving information that ESN operatives were planning to attack the checkpoint.

Recall that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu had in December 2020 launched ESN to protect the people of the South-East region from terrorists and bandits allegedly trooping in from the North.

“The sole aim and objective of this newly formed security outfit known as Eastern Security Network are to halt every criminal activity and the terrorist attack on Biafraland.

“This outfit, which is a vigilante group like the Amotekun in the South-West and the Miyetti Allah security outfit, will ensure the safety of our forests and farmland, which terrorists have converted into slaughter grounds and raping fields,” Kanu has said.