The Enugu State police command said its operatives killed one person during a raid early Friday morning in a suspected hideout of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The command also said that its operatives recovered the body of one of its missing men, one Mr. Okpanachi Johnson serving in Igbo-Eze North Police Division.

Okpanachi went missing on July 30, all effort made to trace his whereabouts proving abortive.

The hoodlums had also reportedly invaded a church in the area, carting away a small  power-generating set and  musical equipment.

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Police spokesman Daniel Ndukwe said in a statement yesterday that the operation was carried out in a forest at Agu-Ibeje in Enugu-Ezike community of Igbo-Eze North council.

“The hoodlums, on sighting the operatives, engaged them in a gun duel, which led to the neutralisation of one of them” while the others escaped.

He added that 12 guns, a large cache of ammunition, two machetes, a digger, one axe and a hacksaw were recovered from the scene.

Also recovered were five vehicles, he said, adding that the operation was in response to a distress call that that IPOB and Eastern Security Network (ESN) members invaded a house in the community and set it ablaze.