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Published 4 June 2021
The Imo State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested one of the persons who allegedly attacked the Orji Divisional Police Headquarters.
A spokesperson for the police in the state, Bala Elkana, said the suspect, Henry Chukwumakpa, 32, was arrested on Wednesday by operatives of the Quick Intervention Unit in conjunction with men of the Ikeduru Divisional Police Headquarters.
Elkana, who said the suspect confessed to the crime, disclosed that he was arrested in his hideout at the Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state “following an intelligence-driven operation.”
He said, “On June 2, 2021, around 9am, the command’s Quick Response Team, in a joint operation with the Ikeduru Police Division, arrested one Chukwumakpa Henry, 32. The suspect is a native of Iho in the Ikeduru LGA, but resident in the Orji area, Owerri.
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Fri Jun 04 2021
The police in Owerri, Imo State, have arrested one of the suspects who allegedly attacked one of its stations in Orji, Owerri North Local Government Area.
Police spokesman in the state, SP Bala Elkana, said in a statement, that the suspect was arrested in his hideout at Ikeduru LGA following an intelligence report.
According to him, at about 9.am, the command in a joint operation with Ikeduru Police Division, arrested one
The police spokesman said that the suspect, Chukwumakpa Henry (32), was alleged to have participated in the attack on Orji Police Station on 25th May, 2021 and other heinous crimes, stressing that he confessed to the commission of the offence and other violent crimes in the recent past.
According to him, at about 0900 hours, the Command, in a joint operation with Ikeduru Police Division, arrested a 32-year-old, one Chukwumakpa Henry.
The suspect, he said, is a native of Iho in Ikeduru Local Government Area but a resident at Orji area, Owerri.
The police spokesman said that the suspect was alleged to have participated in the attack on Orji Police Station on 25th May 2021 and other heinous crimes.
He said he confessed to the commission on the offence and other violent crimes in the recent past.
The police say that the suspect is a member of the criminal gang masquerading as unknown gunmen.
Police clamp down on suspected Orji Police Station attacker in Imo Police clamp down on suspected Orji Police Station attacker in Imo
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The Imo State Police Command’s Quick Response Team has arrested one of the suspects who attacked Orji Police Station in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, recently.
The team in a joint operation with Ikeduru Police Division arrested a 32-year old Chukwumakpa Henry.
In a statement issued in Owerri by the Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Bala Elkana, the suspect is a native of Iho in Ikeduru Local Government Area but resident at Orji area, Owerri.