Attack on Police Station: Four IPOB Members Arrested in Imo
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Attack on Police Station: Four IPOB Members Arrested in Imo
By Alabidun Shuaib Abdulrahman
On Sunday, Imo State police announced the arrest of four members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN), who are suspected of carrying out the attack on Mbieri Police Station on Friday.
The hoodlums had thrown IEDs into the structure, breaking the roof, windows, and doors.
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CSP Mike Abattam, the Police Public Relations Officer, said in a statement that they detained Solomon Umunakwu and Uzoma Umunakwe, both of Mbieri, Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, after diligently gathering credible intelligence.
They are believed to be escapees from a correctional center attack in Imo on April 5, 2021.
The Police also arrested Kelechi Onuoma (aka Ikaba) and kelvin Onuoma (aka Alabalaba) both natives of Atta in Njaba LGA of Imo State, who, in company with their gang members, led the foiled attack on Mbieri Police Station.
The statement said, “The Command’s tactical teams on the same day of the incident at about 2.50 pm, mobilised and stormed the house of Solomon Umunakwu in Mbieri.
“The hoodlums on sighting the police operatives took to their heels abandoning their two operational vehicles used during the foiled attack, a Blue Colour Toyota Corolla LE with registration number ABC 695 HA and one Ash colour Acura MDX SUV vehicle with registration number RRT 149 AG respectively.
“Following the recovery of the vehicles, the police operatives then moved to the hideouts of other gang members in Atta in Njaba LGA of Imo state.
“On searching the hideouts, the following items were recovered; three locally made pistols, one cut to size gun, one Beretta pistol number NAF-P 3296, one dagger, four rounds of live cartridges, two police belts, one Eastern Security Network uniform, one black beret, one army camouflage scarf, two big sacks of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and one iron saw blade.”
He said that the police operatives are on a manhunt for other fleeing hoodlums.
