The Nigerian Army, has said troops of Exercise Golden Dawn have killed a Biafra National Guard gunman in the south-east.

The deceased is said to be one of the gunmen who attacked the location of the troops at Amaekpu, Ohafia LGA of Abia state.

Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, while disclosing this development in a statement issued today in Abuja, said the assailants, who were heavily armed and conveyed in several vehicles, opened fire on the troops’ location but were met with “stiff resistance”.

The Army Spokesman stated that the gunmen abandoned their vehicles and retreated with gunshot wounds after one of them was killed, adding that troops of Exercise Golden Dawn also recovered a pump-action gun, among other weapons.