News - South East - Imo
Updated: February 22, 2021

Imo: How ‘Super Cop’ Abba Kyari Led Nigerian Armed Forces To Sack IPOB's ESN From Forest

By Ridwan Yusuf
February 22, 2021
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Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and leader of the Inspector-General of Police's Intelligence Response Team, who has been regarded as Nigeria’s ‘super cop’ led the combined military operation which led to the 'capture' of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) camp in Udah village in Imo State.

Recall a combined team of military, police and Air Force personnel had raided the camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)-affiliated ESN in the Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State.

The camp of the ESN operatives located inside the thick forest in Udah village, Orsu LGA of the state, has now been taken over by the military.

According to Punch, the combined military operation which led to the capture of the ESN camp in Udah village was led by Abba Kyari, who is from the Force Headquarters in Abuja.

The source said, “Abba Kyari has been in the state since. He is here on the order of the Inspector General of Police to flush out ESN from Imo State.

"This is the second week of his operation in the state.”

Kyari, who led the team to the forest last Friday, was said to have met a very stiff resistance from very prepared ESN operatives.

Investigations revealed that it took the intervention of the arrival of military men, who came through the air late in the night for the ESN operatives to be subdued.

The source said, “The Abba Kyari team exhausted their strength and asked for help from the military.

"By the time the military could mobilise and come through the air in the night, the ESN operatives had vacated the camp, which is located in a valley.”

It was also revealed that by the time the security agents accessed the camp, no single ESN operative was sighted.

“The team, by the time they had access to the camp, couldn’t find any ESN operative.

"They only found a fish pond, a generator, mattresses, cooking utensils and clothes,” the source said.