The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of a notorious commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, identified as Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, popularly known as Gentle de Yahoo.

Okorienta was captured in his hideout at Aku-Ihube, Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, during a joint operation conducted by troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade in collaboration with other security agencies.

A statement by the Nigerian Army said the raid led to the recovery of an English pistol, 120 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, 25 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, a cartridge, six mobile phones, military and police uniforms, as well as a German flag.

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Troops also uncovered a workshop used for dismantling stolen vehicles for resale and destroyed 10 motorcycles found at the site.

In related operations, troops carried out coordinated missions in Adamawa, Katsina, and Kogi States, rescuing 12 kidnapped victims. Five persons were freed in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, another five in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina, while two others were rescued in Lokoja, Kogi State.

Separately, operatives of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, neutralised eight fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province in Borno State. Several others with gunshot wounds were arrested.

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According to a military statement, the encounter occurred in the early hours of Monday after terrorists laid an ambush near Garin Giwa along the Baga–Cross Kauwa Main Supply Route.

“During the exchange of fire, eight ISWAP fighters were neutralised, including two Munzirs and one Qaid,” the statement added.

…victim paralysed, unconscious

Edo State Migration Agency has rescued 27-year-old Godstime Uwoghiren who was allegedly poisoned by his friends for buying a motorbike in Burkina Faso.

Uwoghiren touched ground at the Benin Airport on Wednesday at about 1:00PM alongside the Director-General of the agency, Lucky Agazuma and other staff, paralysed and unconscious.

The victim was hurriedly picked up by a waiting ambulance and rushed to the Edo Specialist Hospital, Benin, for emergency medical attention.

Addressing journalists at the airport, the agency DG said the state government was informed of an Edo indigene that was poisoned by his friends for envy of buying a motorbike in Burkina Faso, stressing that Governor Monday Okpehbolo immediately directed the agency to repatriate the victim.

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Agazuma lamented that all efforts to get necessary information about the victim were frustrated by his immediate family, saying “after a good four months, our efforts yielded results and here we are with Godstime.”

He added: “When they reached out to Mr. Governor that Mr. Godstime is sick, paralysed, and that he was poisoned in Burkina Faso for the fact that he bought a bike, the only contact person we were given was his sister. We asked her to lead us to the family but she refused for good four months. Today, she is crying profusely. We are taking her to our office for further investigation.

“And to our surprise, at the early stage of this rescue mission, the family rejected, but Governor Okpehbolo insisted that we must go and rescue him, and we succeeded,”  he said.

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Agazuma, who thanked the governor for providing all the necessary resources needed, stated: “Governor Monday Okpehbolo is not for provision of infrastructure alone, he is concerned about humanity, this he has been exhibiting.”

He urged parents to warn their children that “not all the glitters is gold,” adding “many Nigerians are suffering over there.”

Mother of the victim, Mrs. Susan Uwoghiren, while thanking Okpehbolo for coming to the victim’s rescue, narrated: “He came to Benin from the village to learn how to drive truck, but suddenly he called his father that we was traveling out, we asked him how, he said we shouldn’t worry, the next time we heard from him was when he called that he was in Burkina Faso. We were talking regulularly not until recently that we didn’t hear from him, and when we carried out our investigation, we were told he was seriously sick, so I told my pastor about it and we started praying. Thank God he is back.”

The Delta State Police Command says it has killed two suspected kidnappers at Owa Ekei Boji Boji Owa axis in Ika North-East Local Government area of Delta State.

The Police Public Relations Officer Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement released on Wednesday in Asaba.

He said, “Delta State Police command, in a combined effort with men of Operation Delta Sweep recorded a breakthrough in the fight against Kidnapping in the state.

“On September 17, 2025, at 11 am, the DPO Owa-oyibu received information that some kidnappers were sighted at Nniogbo Owa Ekei Boji Boji Owa.

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“Acting on this information, the DPO led a combined team of Policemen and vigilantes alongside two teams of Operation Delta sweep and swung into action. The combined teams stormed the bush where the suspects, upon sighting the teams, opened fire, which was repelled by the teams.

“In the fierce gun duel, two of the suspected kidnappers sustained gunshot injuries and were taken to Owa-Alero general hospital, where they were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.”

Edafe said one AK-47 rifle, with forty rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, and two magazines were recovered from the hoodlums while the manhunt for the other fleeing suspects was ongoing.

According to The PUNCH, that there had been a series of kidnap cases around Owa Ekei Boji Boji Owa, Abavo and neighbouring communities in recent times which made the residents abandon their farms out of fear of the unknown.