Police arrest 67 IPOB members in Imo

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THE police in Imo State have arrested 67 members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.

Parading the suspects at the Command’s headquarters in Owerri on Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Isaac Akinmoyede, said that the secessionists had allegedly attacked his men and snatched service rifles from them.

Akinmoyede said that investigation by the Command disclosed that the separatists were allegedly planning to attack security agencies in the state with the aim of snatching service rifles. “At about 09:30hrs, operatives of the 34 Field Artillery Brigade, while on duty at Mmahu Egbema checkpoint, intercepted 67 members of the IPOB and called for reinforcement from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Egbema.

 

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