Police arrest four suspected ESN militias in Anambra

The Police-Led Joint Security Force in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has intercepted four suspected Eastern Security Network (ESN) Militia, the security wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Ufuma, Orumba North Council Area of the State.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Tuesday, said the arrest is following information received over time about planned attacks on security agents and innocent citizens by the dreaded group.

Among the four suspects arrested is one Maduabuchi Nwafor A K A Omenkpo ‘M’, aged 32, a native of Ufuma.

He noted that Nwafor has been identified as one of the native doctors who prepares criminal charms for the group and uses his shrine for initiation ceremonies and meeting points for the criminals.

Also, one of the suspects’ names was withheld, and someone who is already assisting the police with information confessed to being one of the gunmen dispatched by the group to enforce an illegal sit-at-home on May 30th, 2024.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, orders investigations to be widened and deepened to identify the hideouts of the insurgents seeking to destabilise and truncate development in the state.

He assures residents that the Police Command under his watch will continue to serve the people selflessly and will jealously protect the sources of its information to protect informers from harm.

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