Police burst IPOB camp in Anambra, arrest four

According to the Anambra State Police Command, they conducted a raid on a camp in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area, that was occupied by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network. Four individuals were taken into custody, according to a statement released on Tuesday by SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the state police spokesperson. 

Ikenga claimed that the operation was carried out by the police-led Joint Security Force in Aguata as a result of intelligence gathered over time about the feared group's planned attacks on security personnel and defenceless civilians.

He said, “The Police-led Joint Security Force in Aguata on 17/6/2024 intercepted four suspected ESN militia in Ufuma, Orumba North LGA in Anambra State. The arrest is following information received over time of planned attacks on security agents and innocent citizens by the dreaded group.

“Among the four suspects arrested is one Maduabuchi Nwafor a.k.a. Omenkpo ‘M’ aged 32 years, a native of Ufuma. He has been identified as one of the native doctors who prepares criminal charms for the group and uses his shrine for initiation ceremonies and meeting points for the criminals.

“Also, one of the suspects’ name withheld who is already assisting the police with information confessed to be one of the gunmen dispatched by the group to enforce the illegal sit-at-home on May 30, 2024.”

He continued by saying that in order to find the rebels' hiding places and stop their attempts to "destabilise and truncate development in the state," the state's commissioner of police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has directed that investigations be expanded and intensified.

“The CP assured Ndi Anambra that the police command under his watch will continue to serve the people selflessly and will jealously protect the sources of its information to protect informers from harm,” the statement added.

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