Police Arrest Suspected IPOB Sub-Commander Chinonso, Four Others In Imo •

The Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected sub-commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), Chinonso Ugochukwu, over the murder of one Chima Jeremiah and several others.

Ugochukwu, popularly known as Bob Adam, aged 31 years old, and four other suspects are allegedly linked to the death of the cleric and a female victim, Ugochi Nwabueze, in Orsu Obodo inthe Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Audu Bosso, disclosed this during a press conference at the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri on Tuesday, while briefing journalists on the Command’s major operational breakthroughs recorded in the last week.

Bosso said investigations revealed that the suspects are linked to a string of violent crimes, including kidnapping, terrorism, and armed robbery, allegedly carried out under the guise of the proscribed IPOB/ESN group.
He added that information provided by the suspects led to the discovery and exhumation of corpses buried in shallow graves, including the alleged remains of the pastor and a female victim.

The commissioner disclosed that a coordinated intelligence-led operation is currently underway to rescue the kidnapped victims.

Another suspect, Chinaemerem Ogamba of Ubaheze Omoma in Oru-East LGA of Imo State, confessed to being a member of the proscribed IPOB/ESN terrorist groups.

Bosso said the Command arrested 15 criminal suspects implicated in various offences, including kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, IPOB/ESN-linked terrorism, child trafficking, murder, and stealing.

According to him, operations successfully led to the rescue of one kidnapped victim and one stolen child, both of whom have been reunited with their families.