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Sixteen suspects have been arrested by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in connection with the killing of security men in different parts of the country.
The arrest of the suspects was a collective effort by operatives of the Nigeria Police working in collaboration with their counterparts from the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Airforce. Arms and ammunitions including explosives were recovered from the suspects.
Most of the victims were in the South-Eastern part of the country.
The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
The suspects were arrested in various parts of the country following sustained, and intelligence-driven sting operations.
According to the statement: “Police investigations clearly established and linked the suspects to several incidents of attacks and murder of security personnel as well as stealing, unlawful possession of firearms, arson and malicious damage to operational assets of military and law enforcement agents.
“Specifically, investigations revealed that the duo of Ugochukwu Samuel aka Biggy and Raphael Idang were among the criminal elements that attacked policemen on duty at a checkpoint on December 24, 2020, along Orlu-Ihiala Road in Imo state where two police officers were killed and a Police Hilux patrol van set ablaze.
“In addition, both were part of a larger group that attacked a police reconnaissance team on January 13, 2021, killing one police officer. Ugochukwu – Samuel a.k.a Biggy – who sustained a bullet wound during an attack by his gang on a military convoy in which some soldiers were killed and weapons carted away, was subsequently arrested while receiving treatment in a hospital. Both suspects confessed to being active members of IPOB and ESN.”
The statement further noted that one Cletus Nwachukwu Egole aka Alewa, a pastor with the Holy Blessed Trinity Sabbath Church, Orlu, Imo State and Michael Uba, a prophet with the Association of Jewish Faith, who were also arrested, are two of the masterminds of the various attacks on security personnel, in addition to providing spiritual cover for the gang.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has stressed that no murderer will go unpunished.
He, therefore, enjoined parents/guardians as well as traditional/opinion leaders to weigh in and prevail on their children/wards to desist from towing the destructive paths of crime.

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