Operatives of the Nigeria Police, Imo State Command, have arrested a 38-year-old suspected IPOB/ESN syndicate, Chidiebere Nwuzor, of Amauzu in Aboh Mbaise Council Areas of Imo State.

The breakthrough followed a diligent intelligence gathering by Operatives of the Command’s anti-kidnapping unit of the state police command.

In a statement issued on Monday through the Imo Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye said that the suspected hoodlum has been on the Command’s wanted list due to a series of terrorist activities he reputedly perpetrated in the State alongside his criminal cohorts.

According to PPRO, the suspect was arrested on Monday, in his criminal hideout in Umuogu after a fierce gunfight with the ever-gallant operatives, which forced him to surrender after sustaining gunshot injuries on his right leg.

Recovered from the suspect includes; one pump action gun with six rounds of live cartridges, one Barrera Pistol loaded with 2 rounds of live ammunition, and other incriminating teams.

Okoye said that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of a deadly IPOB/ESN syndicate responsible for enforcing unlawfully imposed sit-at-home orders by the outlaw group and unleashing mayhem on unsuspecting citizens in the State.

He stated that he was recruited into the deadly terrorist group by Ebube Virus and Ishaka, who were earlier neutralized by the operatives in December 2023.

They said that the suspect admitted that he drove the operation vehicle that was used in the attack that led to the killing of DPO Ahaizu Mbaise and the Inspector of Police in November 2023.

The Police spokesman said that the suspect is currently assisting the determined operatives in the investigation and providing useful information that will lead to the arrest of other suspects at large.

He said that the suspect will certainly be made to face the full weight of the law upon completion of a thorough investigation.

This operational feat amongst many others underscores the Command’s unalloyed determination to put an end to all forms of violent crimes in the State.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma while commending the operatives for their gallantry display in achieving the operational breakthrough, assured the people of Imo State that the Command will not relent in its unwavering commitment to clamp down on criminally minded elements in the State. (Nigerian Tribune)

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