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5 linked to burning of police station arrested in Imo
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By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri
The Imo state police command says it has arrested five persons allegedly linked to the burning of Orji police division station in Owerri, Imo state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana, stated this to newsmen in Owerri, Imo state.
The police claimed that “On 25th May 2021 at about 1302hours, some hoodlums in their number launched an offensive on the reconstruction site of Orji Divisional Headquarters which was earlier burnt by hoodlums during the End SARS protest in 2020. A philanthropist contracted the reconstruction project.
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The police on Tuesday afternoon said it had arrested five suspects in connection with the attack on Orji Divisional Police Headquarters in Owerri, the state capital.
The Police spokesperson in the state, Bala Elkana, told our correspondent that security operatives repelled the hoodlums.
He gave the names of the suspects as Chigaemezu Sabastine, 26, Casmir Ibe 36, John Chinonso, 24, Chukwudi Okoro 28, and Alozie Daberechi, 25.
Elkana disclosed that no security operative lost his life and that no riffle was lost to the hoodlums.
According to him, three vehicles were recovered.
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He said, “On 25th May 2021 at about 1302hours, some hoodlums in their number launched an offensive on the reconstruction site of Orji Divisional Headquarters which was earlier burnt by hoodlums during the End SARS protest in 2020. A philanthropist contracted the reconstruction project.
Views: Visits 6 Imo safe – Landlord Association By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state police command says it has arrested five persons allegedly linked to the burning of Orji police division station in Owerri, Imo state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana, stated this to newsmen in Owerri, Imo state. The police claimed that “On 25th May 2021 at about 1302hours, some hoodlums in their number launched an offensive on the reconstruction site of Orji Divisional Headquarters which was earlier burnt by hoodlums during the End SARS protest in 2020. A philanthropist contracted the reconstruction project. “The hoodlums, who believed that the re-establishment of a functional police station may prevent them from carrying out their nefarious acts in Orji and environ, decided to invade the construction site.
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