Police arrest IPOB/ESN commander, destroy camps in Ebonyi

The Nation

The Police in Ebonyi State have arrested one Nnamdi Ngwuta Obaji, a suspected commander of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network(IPOB/ESN).

A statement from the spokesperson of the Command, Chris Anyanwu, said Obaji also known as State Commander No. 3 was arrested with another operative of the group, Felix Ogudu.

Anyanwu said the duo gave useful information which led to the police raiding and destroying three large camps of the group in the state.

He said the police armed with credible intelligence, stormed three big camps of the outlawed IPOB/ESN  operatives (including a new one under active construction), located in a thick forest close to Opeke River, in Omege village Agba Community, of Ishielu LGA. 

He said the operation was spearheaded by the command’s tactical teams assisted by the Military and DSS in the State

According to him, the group is suspected to be responsible for the recent attack on the the Provost College of Education Isu last week.

He said: “While accessing/cordoning the Camps, the combined teams were ambushed by the criminal elements with rains of sporadic shooting in their direction…