Police Arrest IPOB Commander, Destroy Camps, Shrine In Ebonyi
Tamarauemi Ebimini
Ebonyi State Police Command said it has destroyed the camps, and shrine of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and arrested a commander, and other members of the group in the state.
The command spokesperson, SP Chris Anyanwu disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abakaiki, the state capital on Sunday.
According to Anyanwu, the command received credible intelligence on the hideout of the group and swooped on them with the collaboration of the DSS, Army and other security agents in the state.
He noted that the joint security team carried a similar operation in the Anike Isu Onicha local government area of the state, the abode and Shrine of the Commander of the organization popularly called Ambassador and destroyed the shrine.
Anyanwu listed items recovered from the group as 12 bullet-proof jackets, 8 sets of Military camouflage uniforms, 2 camp-gas cookers, 110 rounds of FNC live ammunition, 40 rounds of GPMG live ammunition, 2 PRO electronics scanners (EOD equipment), 5 empty canons, 5 single-barrel guns, 9 assorted GSM handsets, 3 locally-fabricated revolver pistols, 1 white Toyota Hilux vehicle, a bunch of keys, 3 NIN slips bearing different names.