It was a bad day for two
suspected bombers arrested by the security operatives of Imo police command
when they were attempting to detonate bomb in Orlu community of the state.
The Punch reported that the
arrested suspects, a 28 year-old Friday Echereobia, and 30 year Ozioma Nwosu,
were nabbed and paraded in Owerri on Wednesday, November 14, by the state
commissioner of police, Dasuki Galadanchi.
Legit.ng gathers that the
bomb-carrying suspects were busted during a routine search operation by the
operatives of mobile police belonging to 18 squadron.
The commissioner of police,
while parading the suspects, said: "The operatives of the police mobile
force 18 squadron, during a routine stop and search duty at their checkpoint by
the UBA junction in Orlu, arrested the suspects, who were on a motorcycle and
in possession of a suspicious looking object.
“Upon discrete
interrogation and investigation, the object was discovered to be an Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) or homemade bomb.”
He also added that the
suspects later confessed to have received the explosive device from a man named
Chijioke Jimmy, who hailed from Ebonyi state.
He added: "The
suspects revealed that the IED was handed over to them on November 7, at
Effiong in Ebonyi state, where they converge to hold their meetings, and from
where they moved down to Ihiagwa, Owerri West LGA in Imo state and given the
IED by one Chijioke Jimmy, an indigene of Ebonyi state, who is resident in Port
Harcourt, Rivers state.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng
previously reported that the Jigawa police command on Tuesday, October 15, said
it arrested four suspected armed robbers in Gwaram local government area of the
state.
The state commissioner of
police, Bala Senchi, announced this at a news conference in Dutse.
Bala also alleged that the
suspects had been terrorizing residents of the locality before their arrest.
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