Mr Eze, who claims to be a Biafran agitator, has been linked to growing attacks in the Okigwe Local Government Area of the South-eastern state, including the recent murder of three of his fighters in the area.
The terror kingpin is a commander of the Biafra Liberation Army in Okigwe, which was established by Simon Ekpa, another controversial Biafra agitator and leader of Autopilot, a faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
One of the sources told this newspaper that the operation was carried out by troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army. The source, a soldier who took part ìn the operation, said he and his colleagues killed the terror kingpin during the operation.
“We hit the guy down,” the soldier said in Pidgin English, implying that the troops shot dead the terror kingpin. “The troops recovered the bodies of the male fighters, but we are yet to confirm if Gentle De Yahoo was among those killed,” he said.