Imo Attack News Today

The AGF office advised the labour unions against the strike, saying it would amount to disobedience to a court order issued on Friday stopping the planned strike.

It was observed that students from various public primary and secondary schools were seen on the roads and streets, heading back home in compliance with the strike.

Some gunmen had, on Thursday, attacked a polling unit where the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise was being held in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, and destroyed materials being used for the exercise.

Some gunmen had, on Thursday, attacked a polling unit where the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise was being held in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, and destroyed materials being used for the exercise.

Ignatius Igwe     Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has blamed the recent attack on security facilities in the state on aggrieved politicians, saying their aim was to destabilise his government and that of President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, three days after gunmen stormed the Nigerian Correctional Services and the Police Headquarters in Imo State, freeing an unspecified number of prison inmates. When asked if...

Alkali Baba in his speech vowed to restore the primacy of the Police. He called on citizens and other residents to work with the Police towards restoring internal security in the country. Yemi Osinbajo decorates Usman Alkali Baba with the rank of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. With them is the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi.   President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier on Tuesday approved the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the Acting Inspector-Gen...

  The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to be more sincere in handling the security affairs of the country. Abaribe who was reacting to the recent attacks in Imo State was of the opinion that if Nigeria is to be saved from implosion, then the government must become more nationalistic. His assertion was contained in a statement released by his Media Adviser, Uchenna Awom. “”Time has come for sincerity and nationalistic approach by go...

Channels Television     President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of police. He immediately replaces Mohammed Abubakar Adamu. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday. The president had on the 4th of February, extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police for three months out of which the erstwhile police boss spent two months and three...

Views: 246 The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied that its security outfit, Eastern Security Network (ESN), is responsible for the attack on the Imo State police headquarters and the Correctional Centre in Owerri on Monday. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, in a statement insisted that ESN and IPOB are focused on chasing Fulani herdsmen away from their forests. “ESN is in the bush chasing Fulani terrorists. Why linking IPOB and ESN to this attack? IPOB and ESN were not involved in the...

IGP Mohammed Adamu The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says operatives of the Eastern Security Network carried out Monday attacks in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Adamu condemned the alleged act by the security arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. But the IPOB  has since denied being behind the attacks. The IGP in a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, ordered the immediate deployment of additional units of Police Mobile Force and other P...