IPOB/ESN Members Arrested, Ak-47, Charms, Others Recovered

Fifteen suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network have been arrested by the Imo State Police Command after an attack on their hideout at Obiangwu and Logara Forest in Ngor-Okpala LGA of the State on 6th of December 2023.

In a post shared on X on Friday, the Spokesperson of the Police Command, DSP Henry Okoye stated that the suspects were arrested following confessions made by a notorious IPOB/ESN suspect arrested a few days back by operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad.

The operatives led by  CSP Oladimeji Odeyeyiwa surprised the hoodlums in their hideout and on searching them, ‘one AK 47 riffle loaded with 21 rounds of live ammunition, charms, one cut-to-size double barrel shotgun, four locally made short gun, three rounds of live ammunition, weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa, suspected hard drug substance, one militia camouflage T-Shirt, one Improvised Explosive Device IEDs, one Guinea foul with fetish items on it, One POS Device used in extorting money from their potential victims, and various denominations of Biafra currency were recovered.’

Meanwhile, the suspects will be arraigned in court upon completion of a comprehensive