ESN Members Move To Plant Bomb In Military Checkpoints

The Eastern Security Network, ESN, a security wing of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has been arrested, according to the Imo State Police Command, for allegedly plotting to put explosives in a military checkpoint along the Owerri/Orlu route in Imo State.

The ESN members were apprehended while engaging security operatives in a gun duel, according to the State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Owerri while parading the suspects.

According to him, “On 4th July 2021, some members of the prescribed ESN/IPOB Organisation, were arrested by security agencies in the state. They were arrested in a futile bid to lunch improvised explosives on the Military checkpoint along Owerri Orlu Road.

“The hoodlums who came in their numbers were however engaged in a gun duel by the joint Security agencies which led to the arrest of the following suspects; Chukwuebuka offorji “Male” Nicholas Ekwelem “Male” Okwelem Paschal “Male” Onyekahi Enerenini “Male.”

The commissioner promised that the command will catch all criminal elements in the state, emphasizing that the secessionists and their security wing would be brought to justice.

He asked locals to assist security personnel by providing relevant information on criminal elements’ actions that are causing disturbance across the state.