The Police in Imo State have announced the arrest of a 50-year-old-man named Simeon Onigbo, a suspected bomb manufacturer producing for the Indigenous People of Biafra.
IPOB was alleged to have attacked police stations and government facilities in the state with bombs on several occasions.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the Command, Micheal Abattam, told journaliats in Owerri that last Wednesday, it raided the IPOB bomb manufacturing camp at Uba Umuaka in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State.
According to him, based on the illegal facility was discovered via intelligence gathering.
He stated that the suspect mentioned the names of other accomplices within and outside the state.
He said that “In-Line with the Commissioner of Police strategy in stemming crime, the Command’s Tactical Teams following credible intelligence received on 20/4/2022 at about 17hours, revealed the hideout of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network, its militia wing, where they are manufacturing Improvised Explosive Devices used in attacking Police stations and government facilities in the state.
“The Police operatives 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 ‘male’ age 50 years was arrested.
“The suspect admitted being the manufacturer of most of the Improvised Explosive Devices used in attacking police stations in the state and outside the state.
“On searching the criminal hideouts, items recovered include one piece of cannon steel pipe, two chisels, one Monday hammer, one and a half bag of Potassium Nitrate, 30 pounds weight of Sulphur, 40 pounds weight of dry sand, 10 fifty-eighth of red sand, 30 pounds weight of gun powder, half bag of charcoal, 30 electronic motorcycle batteries and seven lengths of 40meters Iron Rods.
“Meanwhile, the Command’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit has taken over the recovered bomb for technical analysis and subsequently for possible detonation.
“The investigation is ongoing; the suspect has made useful statements and mentioned members of his gangs outside the state who patronise him.”
