IMO: Police arrest 2 suspects on a mission to bomb a community

Two suspects who were on a mission to bomb a community in Orlu town, Imo State, have been arrested by men of the State Police Command.

The suspects identified as Friday Echereobia, 28, and Ozioma Nwosu, 30, according to the state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi came from Ebonyi State to carry out the planned bombing.

Commenting on the arrest of the pair who were paraded on Wednesday in Owerri at the State Police Command, the CP said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Police Mobile Force 18 Squadron.

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He said; “The operatives of the Police Mobile Force 18 Squadron during a routine stop and search duty at their checkpoint by the UBA junction in Orlu, arrested the suspects, who were on a motorcycle and in possession of a suspicious looking object.

“Upon discrete interrogation and investigation, the object was discovered to be an Improvised Explosive Device or homemade bomb.”

“The suspects revealed that the IED was handed over to them on November 7, at Effiong in Ebonyi State, where they converge to hold their meetings, and from where they moved down to Ihiagwa, Owerri West LGA in Imo State and given the IED by one Chijioke Jimmy, an indigene of Ebonyi State, who is resident in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.”

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