ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The security operatives in Imo State have intercepted a newly acquired combat drone owned by the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the security arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
According to the group, the combat drone was imported for use on innocent citizens in the South-East.
The drone was modeled like agricultural equipment, and was said to have been brought in from China, planned to be used by IPOB when the security agencies swooped on them and recovered the drone.
A source who was involved in the operations revealed that the drone was just one of many which have already been ordered by the group from different parts of the world in a bid to launch a full blown war on innocent citizens.
The source who did not want his name mentioned told Leadership that the outlawed group had devised a more daring method of attack on citizens.
He said also that the security agencies recovered 225 pieces of dynamite and other dangerous explosives in Amaebu, Ebenator community in Orsu local government area.
As part of the new strategies, IPOB now uses land mines to protect their camps in Imo and Anambra States in order to prevent security agencies from attacking them, the source added.
“They have devised the means of using telecom masks to monitor their environment by mounting cameras on the masks, where they monitor the city and launch attack on any part of the city at will,” the source said.
He stated further that the outlawed group in recent times has launched dangerous attacks on the people in the South East, killing and maiming innocent people.
Speaking also on the discoveries, a security expert, Iyke Ike, said it was time the state and federal governments joined hands to address the rising IPOB and ESN criminal profile.
He therefore called for a decisive action against the group before they turn into something more dangerous as it is already.