Views: Visits 7 By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo State Police Command, yesterday said that it has arrested five suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, linked to the killing of a police Sergeant, Joseph Nwaka Department of operation of the command. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwo, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, said that their arrest came after a gun battle with the security operatives at Amanato in Isu local government area of Imo. The police added that the bursting of their camp came as a result of the arrest of one of their members one Onyekachi Mmadufor, a native of Umuduruekwe Isu local government area, who assisted the police with the information in the arrest of others.
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Published 15 May 2021
The police in Imo State on Saturday said that it arrested six suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network who allegedly killed a police sergeant, Joseph Nwaka, and snatched his AK 47 service rifle.
The state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, said that the breakthrough was part of the command’s commitment under his leadership to make sure that the state was rid off crimes.
He narrated that the arrest of one Onyekachi Mmadufor on May 13, was the lead that ensured the arrest of five other members of the gang the flowing day in Amanato in the Isu Local Government Area of the state.