Men of the Imo state police command on April 20th, raided a hideout of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB/Eastern Security Network (ESN), its militia wing, where they manufacture Improvised Explosive Devices used in attacking Police Stations and Government facilities in the state.

A statement by CSP Michael Abattam, spokesperson of the
state police command, says the police oeratives received an intelligence report and immediately mobilised to the hideout of the terror group located at Uba Umuaka in Njaba LGA of Imo State and raided the camp.

"In the course of the raid, one Simeon Onigbo 'm' age 50
years was arrested. On the spot interrogation, the suspect
admitted being the manufacturer of most of the Improvised
Explosive Devices ( I.E.Ds) used in attacking police stations in the State and outside the State.

On searching the criminal hideouts items recovered includes the following: One already prepared Improvised Explosive Devices, Fifty eight pieces of Cannon Steel Pipe, Two Chisels, One Monday Hammer one and a half bag of Potassium Nitrate, thirty Pounds Weight of Sulphur, Fourty Pounds Weight of dry Sand, Ten Pounds Weight of Red Sand, Thirty Pounds Weight of Gun Powder, Half Bag of Charcoal, Thirty Electronic Motorcycle Batteries and Seven Lengths of 8 millimeters Iron Rods. Meanwhile, the Command's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit (EOD) has taken over the recovered bomb for technical analysis and subsequently for possible detonation."he said

Abattam added that investigation is ongoing and that the
suspect has made useful statement about other members of his gangs outside the state who patronise him. Operatives of the Command are not relenting and all efforts are on top gear to arrest the named suspects.

after4:
so mpkona ana na hem be bomb, useless people. I am happy are ESN and IPOB dey torment una for dream.

Note: April 27 don dey reach oh