Twenty-six persons suspected to be members of outlawed Indigenous People of Biafran, IPOB, have been arrested for enforcing illegal sit-at-home in Imo State.
The police also arrested 53 other suspects involved in criminal activities ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, defilement, kidnapping, child trafficking, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, car snatching and vandalisation of electrical cables.
The State Police Command, at a press conference at its headquarters in Owerri, said investigation is ongoing on the arrested suspects.
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Police Spokesman in the state, Henry Okoye stated that the suspects were arrested after a shootout with the police at Irete community along Onitsha Road where they were illegally enforcing a sit-at-home order.
Okoye, who also paraded 53 other suspects from numerous criminal activities, said the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde and the hierarchy of the Command are working for socio-economic activities to thrive in the state.
“These are suspects that were linked with various criminal cases. In the course of investigating the cases, a total of 32 assault guns, made up of two AK-47 rifles, 70 rounds of ammunition, five snatched but recovered vehicles, seven motorcycles retrieved from their snatchers, kidnappers and criminal suspects,” he said.