{"id":121763,"date":"2024-06-18T21:49:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra"},"modified":"2024-06-19T00:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:00:38","slug":"police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra","title":{"rendered":"Police arrests four suspected IPOB members in Anambra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Police operatives in Anambra on Monday arrested four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during a raid on the group\u2019s alleged camp in Ufuma, Orumba North local government area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the news in a statement on Tuesday in Awka, said the operation followed information on planned attacks on security agents and innocent citizens by the group.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cThe Police-led Joint Security Force in Aguata on 17\/6\/2024 intercepted four suspected ESN militia in Ufuma, Orumba North LGA in Anambra State. The arrest is following information received over time of planned attacks on security agents and innocent citizens by the dreaded group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong the four suspects arrested is one Maduabuchi Nwafor a.k.a. Omenkpo \u2018M\u2019 aged 32 years, a native of Ufuma. He has been identified as one of the native doctors who prepares criminal charms for the group and uses his shrine for initiation ceremonies and meeting points for the criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, one of the suspects who is already assisting the police with information confessed to being one of the gunmen dispatched by the group to enforce the illegal sit-at-home on May 30, 2024.\u201dBalanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.<\/p>\n<p>As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.<\/p>\n<p>Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Police operatives in Anambra on Monday arrested four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during a raid on the group\u2019s alleged camp in Ufuma, Orumba North local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the news in a statement on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":121762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[35,4932,254,165],"class_list":["post-121763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-anambra","tag-ipob-members","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrests four suspected IPOB members in Anambra - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police operatives in Anambra on Monday arrested four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrests four suspected IPOB members in Anambra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police operatives in Anambra on Monday arrested four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-18T20:49:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-18T23:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1718735216.380571.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrests four suspected IPOB members in Anambra\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-18T20:49:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-18T23:00:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1718735216.380571.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"IPOB members\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrests-four-suspected-ipob-members-in-anambra\",\"name\":\"Police arrests four suspected IPOB members in Anambra - 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