The Anambra Police Command hunted and eliminated the state’s separatist organisation in response to solid intelligence information.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the command’s spokesman, said this on Tuesday in Awka.
According to Ikenga, a police-led joint security team apprehended four members of the military branch of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area.
He stated that the ESN operatives were apprehended based on intelligence gathered over time about planned assaults on security officers and innocent persons by the feared organisation.
According to Ikenga, one of the four suspects apprehended was Maduabuchi Nwafor, also known as Omenkpo, 32, a native of Ufuma.
Ikenga said:
“Nwafor has been identified as one of the herbalists who prepare charms for the group and uses his shrine for initiation ceremonies and a meeting venue for the criminals.
“Also, another suspect, unnamed, who is already assisting the police with vital information, confessed to be one of the gunmen dispatched by the group to enforce the illegal sit-at-home order on May 30.”
He stated that Commissioner of Police Nnaghe Itam has directed investigations to discover rebel hideouts in the state.
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