IPOB Members Bombed Ohanaeze Leader's House, Police Allege
Two months after the country home of the President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, was bombed, the police in Enugu State on Thursday paraded two persons suspected to have taken part in the attack.
The police also paraded nine other person's for alleged involvement in other criminal activities.
Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters on Thursday, the state Police Commissioner, Danmallam Mohammed, disclosed that the bomb attack on Nwodo's house on April 29, 2018, were carried out by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
He said that the two suspects one Ekene Okechukwu who hails from Ubahu Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State and Alagba Gabriel from Mgbo in Ohaukwu Council Area of Ebonyi Sate were arrested through intelligence information in connection with the bomb attack. They were said to have after the bomb attack send threat messages to the Nwodo's mobile phone.
Danmallam said that the Ekene was arrested on 6th of June at New Haven axis of Enugu while Alagba was arrested on 14th of June at Okokomaiko, Lagos.
The police commissioner also paraded a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons, DSP Collins Ugwu, a serving Prison officer at the Headquarters of Nigerian Prison Service, Abuja, alongside with his gang members; one Ifeanyi Ozor and Osetu Smart for alleged conspiracy, armed robbery and stealing.
The commissioner stated that DSP Ugwu was the leader of the gang that specialises on monitoring bank customers that make withdrawals and trail them to a point where they smartly force the door or smash the windscreen and steal the money. "The gang also buys goods from traders and generate fake payment alert to the owner of the goods."
The commissioner also paraded one Michael Anthony from Amachara Mpu in Aninri council area for alleged rape and murder.
He said the suspect was on May 13, 2018 raped an 18 -year- old, one Miss Ifunanya Ugwu, an SS-2 student, and strangled her to death to cover his crime. "The suspect however, abandoned the lifeless body of the victim inside the bush and escaped before he was arrested by operatives of the Aninri police division," he said.
One Nzube Owunna from Abia state, Eze Ikechukwu and Amagi Elijah from Ebonyi state were paraded for conspiracy, burglary/stealing and armed robbery. The commissioner said they were arrested on 26th of June, 2018.
Other suspected criminals CP Danmallam paraded before the press incude, Okechukwu Solomon and Umoke Chukwuemeka. They were arrested for the vandalization of Radio Nigeria Enugu Transformer armoured cables at the transmission station in Ngwo Miliken Hill Enugu on 25th of June, 2018.
Danmallam said that the suspects would be charged to court after investinvestigations have been concluded.
Meanwhile, while other suspects confessed to have committed various offences they were alleged to have committed, the two suspected IPOB members denied any involvement in the alleged bombing of Nwodo's house at Ukehe. Alagba Gabriel stated that he only send threat messages to Chief Nwodo while Ekene Okechukwu denied any involvement in the alleged offence stressing that a phone he lost about three months earlier was allegedly used to send threat messages to Nwodo.
Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters on Thursday, the state Police Commissioner, Danmallam Mohammed, disclosed that the bomb attack on Nwodo's house on April 29, 2018, were carried out by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
He said that the two suspects one Ekene Okechukwu who hails from Ubahu Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State and Alagba Gabriel from Mgbo in Ohaukwu Council Area of Ebonyi Sate were arrested through intelligence information in connection with the bomb attack. They were said to have after the bomb attack send threat messages to the Nwodo's mobile phone.
Danmallam said that the Ekene was arrested on 6th of June at New Haven axis of Enugu while Alagba was arrested on 14th of June at Okokomaiko, Lagos.
The police commissioner also paraded a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons, DSP Collins Ugwu, a serving Prison officer at the Headquarters of Nigerian Prison Service, Abuja, alongside with his gang members; one Ifeanyi Ozor and Osetu Smart for alleged conspiracy, armed robbery and stealing.
The commissioner stated that DSP Ugwu was the leader of the gang that specialises on monitoring bank customers that make withdrawals and trail them to a point where they smartly force the door or smash the windscreen and steal the money. "The gang also buys goods from traders and generate fake payment alert to the owner of the goods."
The commissioner also paraded one Michael Anthony from Amachara Mpu in Aninri council area for alleged rape and murder.
He said the suspect was on May 13, 2018 raped an 18 -year- old, one Miss Ifunanya Ugwu, an SS-2 student, and strangled her to death to cover his crime. "The suspect however, abandoned the lifeless body of the victim inside the bush and escaped before he was arrested by operatives of the Aninri police division," he said.
One Nzube Owunna from Abia state, Eze Ikechukwu and Amagi Elijah from Ebonyi state were paraded for conspiracy, burglary/stealing and armed robbery. The commissioner said they were arrested on 26th of June, 2018.
Other suspected criminals CP Danmallam paraded before the press incude, Okechukwu Solomon and Umoke Chukwuemeka. They were arrested for the vandalization of Radio Nigeria Enugu Transformer armoured cables at the transmission station in Ngwo Miliken Hill Enugu on 25th of June, 2018.
Danmallam said that the suspects would be charged to court after investinvestigations have been concluded.
Meanwhile, while other suspects confessed to have committed various offences they were alleged to have committed, the two suspected IPOB members denied any involvement in the alleged bombing of Nwodo's house at Ukehe. Alagba Gabriel stated that he only send threat messages to Chief Nwodo while Ekene Okechukwu denied any involvement in the alleged offence stressing that a phone he lost about three months earlier was allegedly used to send threat messages to Nwodo.
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