Police in Imo have arrested two suspected terrorists in connection with a recent botched attack on the Agwa police division in Oguta Local Government Area of the State.
The spokesman of the command, SP Henry Okoye in a statement on Friday, said that a suspected terrorist kingpin identified as Chiemela, aka Disaster, was killed during the attack.
“On 15 September 2026, at about 1620 hours, operatives arrested Jones Okechukwu Anyim, male, aged 29 years, of Umuokijo Mgbala Agwa, Oguta LGA, Imo State, in connection with the crimes,” the statement reads.
“His arrest followed information and confessions obtained from Happiness Uche, female, aged 32 years, of Ubah Agwa, Oguta LGA.
“Following the arrest, police operatives, in collaboration with the DPO of Agwa Police Division and his team, proceeded to the suspected terrorist hideout at Ubah Agwa, Oguta LGA.
“On sighting the police operatives, the hoodlums opened fire but were swiftly overpowered by the superior firepower of the Police, forcing them to flee.”
The police image maker said some of the fleeing suspects were believed to have sustained gunshot injuries.
He said a search of an abandoned, uncompleted bungalow at the location led to the recovery of one AK-47 rifle without a visible identification number and two AK-47 magazines loaded with 52 rounds of live ammunition.
Other items recovered, according to Okoye included four military uniforms, five police uniforms bearing name tags, three Biafra flags, six Biafra-regalia uniforms, three Eastern Security Network (ESN)-marked uniforms and four ESN-marked berets.
Also, one hand grenade, various ATM cards believed to belong to different victims, various denominations of currency bearing Biafran inscriptions, foreign currencies, enlarged photographs of an unidentified person and objects suspected to be ritual materials were recovered.
Okoye said the suspected hideout had been dislodged and secured, while efforts were ongoing to track and apprehend the fleeing suspects.
He added that the arrested suspects would be charged after the completion of thorough investigation.
