Troops of 34 Field Artillery Brigade involved in field training exercise of Operation CROCODILE SMILE conducted raid on two major kidnappers camps belonging to “De-Well” and “De-Gbam” cultists groups in Umoubi and Umudike forests, both in Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday, 8th September 2016.
A statement by the Army Spokesman, Sani Usman, said during the raid one Chigozie aka “Chi boy”, a notorious kingpin of one of the cult groups lost his life, while another member was later discovered dead in the forest while many others were believed to have escaped with gun shot wounds.
The troops recovered a number of military uniforms, mobile phones and other household items before destroying the camps to prevent the cultists from regrouping in the area.
They have continued to comb the general area for other members of the kidnapping syndicate.
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