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The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has directed urgent recovery of two AK47 riffles and a Berretta pistol allegedly snatched from a slain police officer and others by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Nnewi during a protest last week.
The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood made this known in Awka on Sunday evening while parading 33 suspected members of IPOB arrested by the Anambra command.
These are the 33 IPOB suspects paraded above
Moshood said the IG has mandated that a thorough search be carried out and the snatched weapons recovered, while the fleeing members of the group should be arrested and prosecuted.
The FPRO said, “On 23rd November, 2018, there was intelligence report that members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) an unlawful Terrorist organization were sighted gathering in their hundreds with dangerous weapons near Teaching Hospital, Owerri Road, Nnewi about to cause disturbance of Public Peace and public safety in the Nnewi and Environs.
“Consequently, Police Patrol teams led by the Area Commander, Nnewi, ACP Nnanna Oji Ama mobilized to the scene to prevent them from causing breakdown of law and order and mayhem, and destruction of lives and property.
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