The Defence Headquarters has vowed that the military will retaliate against the killing of five soldiers in Abia State on Thursday.
The defence headquarters on Friday accused IPOB and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network of killing the soldiers.
Recall that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has set aside May 30 to mark Biafra Heroes Day.
The soldiers were killed by armed terrorist enforcing a sit-at-home order given by the IPOB to remember the Igbo people who died during the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War.
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The soldiers were reportedly killed on Thursday at Obikabia Junction in the Obingwa Local Government Area of that State.
Meanwhile, reacting to the soldiers’ killing in an official statement on Friday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said the armed forces would avenge the killing of the soldiers, adding that the military’s response would be fierce.
In his words, “Accordingly, it is absolutely imperative that the military retaliate against this dastardly act against troops. The military would be fierce in its response. We would bring overwhelming military pressure on the group to ensure their total defeat,” he vowed.
“The armed forces mourn the death of these troops as each and every soldier lost in battle is a terrible loss”.
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