3 ‘IPOB Members’ Arrested In Anambra

Security operatives in Anambra State have arrested three suspected members of the outlawed Eastern Security Network (ESN) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

They were arrested on Wednesday by operatives attached to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Aguata who were on a stop-and-search duty at Afor Nnobi road junction around 7:50pm.

The suspects were reportedly intercepted with two AK-47 rifles with 150 live ammunition, fake police and army uniforms, two cell phones, two bulletproof vests, two walkie-talkies, one black Prado Jeep with registration number: GWA – 696 CM ABUJA, one ash Lexus 350 with registration number: EKY – 605GV LAGOS, among others.

According to the the state Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, the suspects refused to stop when the police officers on duty flagged them down, instead they started shooting sporadically to escape police screening.

The suspects are: Chinonso Offor, a native of Enugu State resident in Ekwulọbịa, Hycent Ugwuike, native of Nsukka resident in Onitsha and Samuel Sunday from Akwa-Ibom but resident in Isuochi, Abia State.

"While other gang members escaped the scene, the suspects now in custody, confessed to being members of the outlawed ESN/IPOB groups and mentioned the various camps/criminal hideouts where, they operate. Efforts are already on top gear to arrest other fleeing gang members,” the CP said.