Security operatives in Anambra State have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in the murder of a woman during the enforcement of a sit-at-home order.

The suspect who was apprehended by a joint team of the Police and Operation Udo Ga Achi, reportedly confessed to being a member of the gang responsible for the killing, which occurred in 2022.

According to a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka by the Police Command?s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect also admitted to being a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Ikenga wrote, ?Police Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad/Anti-Kidnapping unit acting on credible information on 25th April 2025 busted a criminal camp at Osumoghu Isieke Village, Ihiala LGA.

?They arrested one Ewulu Chikwo ?m? aged 35 years. The suspect and his gang members were allegedly planning to enforce illegal Sit-At-Home in the area the following Monday.

?During the interrogation of the Suspect, he confessed to being a member of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and also among the armed criminals that attacked the Ukpor Divisional Police Headquarters in the year 2022 where a policewoman, Inspector Stella Maris was gruesomely murdered.?

He maintained that the Joint Security Force JSF, has intensified patrols in the area. (The Nation)

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