• Burst gunmen’s shrine, recover live python
Imo State Police Command, on Wednesday, made another major breakthrough as it arrested more suspects involved in the killing of some police officers, at Ubah, Agwa, in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, and recovered a live python in the shrine of one of the suspects.
A statement by the State police Spokesman, Michael Abattam, revealed that the seven suspects alleged to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who were arrested at a shrine located in Ubah, have confessed to the killing of a female police officer, Felicia Nwagbara, declared missing since 2017.
Abattam said the team stormed the shrine following information gathered that the fleeing suspects had returned.
The statement further alleged that the suspects had been fortifying themselves against knives and gun attacks at the shrine and also with the help of the over 10 feet long snake.
On how they were arrested, Abattam said: “The hoodlums on sighting the police operatives, attempted to escape, only to discover that the whole escape routes had been saturated with police operatives, hence, their arrest.” He gave names of the suspects arrested as: Casmire Mgbugha ‘m’ aged 53 years, Hycent Chimezie ‘m’ aged 30 years, Hycent Azunna ‘m’ aged 28 years, Hycent Ifesinachi ‘m’ aged 26 years, Hycent Chimobi ‘m’ aged 23 years, Chukwuemeka Wisdom ‘m’ aged 22 years and Nnadike Clifford ‘m’ aged 72 years.
Items recovered after the raid at the shrine, the police image maker said were: one Toyota Camry car with registration number AKD 73 BF LAGOS, one live python, eight locally made pistols, 18 rounds of live cartridges, one Biafra flag, a pair of police camouflage uniform belonging to late Inspector Felicia Nwagbara.
In the course of interrogation, the suspects, according to Abattam, confessed they were the manufacturers of the locally made guns recovered from them.
“The Command wishes to use this medium to appreciate the good people of Imo State for their support and assure them of the commands commitments in sustaining the already improved security architecture in the state,” the statement concluded.
