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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Police says 22-year-old Gloria Okolie was taken into custody for spying for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN).<\/p>\n

A statement on Sunday by Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, said she was nabbed in an operation with the military and other security forces.<\/p>\n

The Police is under fire for detaining Okolie for weeks, without a thorough explanation of her arrest or offences.<\/p>\n

Adeniran explained that the suspect took part in the attacks on security formations, critical infrastructure including INEC offices, and killing of security operatives in the South-East.<\/p>\n

IPOB: HURIWA blasts police for keeping Imo girl hostage for 72 days, accusing her of spying<\/p>\n

\u201cThe native of Umutanza in Imo was arrested as part of Operation Restore Peace efforts to break IPOB\u2019s information, drugs and arms supply chain,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGloria Okolie is a member of IPOB\/ESN in Imo State who worked closely with one Benjamin Uzoma Emojiri a.k.a \u201cOnye Army\u201d, one of the ESN commanders earlier declared wanted by the Police.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnye Army co-planned, coordinated and executed the assault on Imo State Police Command Headquarters and Imo State Headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS).<\/p>\n

\u201cHer arrest and the revelations from her confession, assisted the Police in the arrest of \u201cOnye Army\u201d, a major breakthrough in the quest to restore law and order in the South-East region.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Police said Okolie used her gender and seemingly innocuous looks as camouflage to carry out espionage against military and police targets on behalf of IPOB\/ESN.<\/p>\n

The suspect, the Force continued, also received cash, drugs and weapons on behalf of IPOB\/ESN and delivered same to their commanders in their camps.<\/p>\n

Adeniran said she actively aided and abetted multiple acts of murder, arson and malicious damage to both private and public property by the ESN.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the deadly and unfortunate attacks on security personnel and assets, with numerous fatalities, have the imprimaturs of Gloria Okolie, the spy girl of ESN militants.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Police added that the suspect will be charged to court at the end of investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nigeria Police says 22-year-old Gloria Okolie was taken into custody for spying for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). A statement on Sunday by Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, said she was nabbed in an operation with the military and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":48774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,550,2451,5189,1018,199,254,77,1029],"class_list":["post-48775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-biafra","tag-esn","tag-gloria-okolie","tag-imo","tag-ipob","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-police","tag-south-east"],"yoast_head":"\nBiafra: How 22-year-old Gloria Okolie spied for IPOB, ESN \u2013 Police - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Police says 22-year-old Gloria Okolie was taken into custody for spying for the Indigenous People of Biafra ...\" \/>\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\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biafra: How 22-year-old Gloria Okolie spied for IPOB, ESN \u2013 Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Police says 22-year-old Gloria Okolie was taken into custody for spying for the Indigenous People of Biafra ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-22T15:51:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-6122622cb544e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Biafra: How 22-year-old Gloria Okolie spied for IPOB, ESN \u2013 Police\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-22T15:51:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/img-6122622cb544e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Biafra\",\"ESN\",\"Gloria Okolie\",\"Imo\",\"IPOB\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigeria police\",\"South East\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-how-22-year-old-gloria-okolie-spied-for-ipob-esn-police\",\"name\":\"Biafra: How 22-year-old Gloria Okolie spied for IPOB, ESN \u2013 Police - 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