In the past two months, the Imo State Police Command has made significant progress in the fight against crime, including rescuing several abduction and child trafficking victims and arresting 789 suspects.
At a press conference held on Friday at the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in Owerri, the police commissioner Aboki Danjuma revealed this. He added that the collaboration, which he called “crucial in restoring safety across the state,” was “crucial in restoring safety across the state.
According to Danjuma, the Command has detained a total of 789 criminal suspects for crimes ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism to terrorism linked to IPOB/ESN, child trafficking, murder, stealing, and receiving stolen property, among others.
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He claimed that seven stolen children and nine kidnapped victims had already been rescued, the majority of whom had already been reunited with their families. 17 firearms, including AK-47s and pump-action rifles, 72 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 673 live cartridges, nine stolen motorcycles, explosives, charms, laptops, mobile phones, and what the police called “Biafra currencies” were among the items recovered.
According to Danjuma, one of the Command’s biggest breakthroughs was the arrest of suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members and its armed branch, the Eastern Security Network (ESN).
Our operatives stormed an IPOB/ESN camp at Obudi Agwa in Oguta LGA on September 16th, using reliable information. The hoodlums attacked our men with vicious gunfire when they saw them, but they were defeated by their superior firepower. He claimed that there were 16 suspects detained, including subcommissars Uzoechi Okechukwu and Paschal Igbuogwu.
Onye Chukwuebuka Eriiriogu, a suspected terrorist kingpin, was also reportedly confessing to carrying out numerous attacks with his gang earlier than planned.
A one-month-old baby was initially declared dead at birth, according to police, and a child trafficking syndicate was discovered in addition to counter-terrorism operations. Two of the suspects have been detained, and two of their accomplices are still at large.
Four alleged Vikings Confraternity cult members were detained in Isiala Mbano LGA in a different operation, along with locally manufactured pistols and live cartridges that had been recovered.
“Permit me to thank the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, for his constant support of our successes, as well as the Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodimma,” for her constant support in welfare and logistics.
The Commissioner’s assurances to the public about the safety-focusedness of the Command.
