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Daily Post Nigeria Published Igbo social-cultural organisation, Nzuko Umunna has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to adopt a new approach in handling the attacks on Imo State Prison and Police Headquarters in Owerri. The group said that the new IGP must ignore the hasty conclusion made by the ex-IGP Mohammed Adamu, who had, without forensic investigations, accused members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its Eastern Security Network, ESN, of havin...

Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader We woke up last Monday to hear that "unknown gunmen" in a guerrilla style operation, had attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Prison, raized scores of vehicles there, and freed detained inmates in their various facilities numbering about 1,800. We were thrown aback, overawed, surprised, and dumb-founded at such an horrific incident. Who did it, and for what purpose? We had hardly done with our question when, in a supersonic mann...

Nzuko Umunna condemns Owerri attacks, calls for investigation On By Clifford Ndujihe A PAN-Igbo socio-cultural think tank group, Nzuko Umunna has decried the wreaking of mayhem on the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and Nigeria Custodial Centre both in Owerri, Imo State by gunmen and urged a thorough investigation of the attacks. With members spread across Nigeria and the Diaspora, the group ”strongly condemned the wanton destruction of public assets by the attackers and reported death...

Owerri Prison Break: Why We Believe Buhari’s Government Is Sponsoring Imo Attacks – MASSOB The secessionist group, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its leader, Uchenna Madu, alleged that the attacks were ploys by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to discredit pro-Biafra groups. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 07, 2021 The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has accused the Nigerian government of sponsoring Monday’s attacks on Imo Police Head...

7 Apr 2021 Heavily armed militants attacked a prison facility in Nigeria’s southeastern city of Owerri on Monday, allowing nearly 2,000 inmates to escape. Armed gunmen stormed the Owerri prison on April 5 at around 2:15 a.m., according to the Nigerian Correctional Service. Some militants used explosives and rocket-propelled grenades to detonate sections of the building. “The Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo state has been attacked by unknown gunmen and forcefully released a total of 1,844 inm...

•Says incident act of terrorism •IG blames IPOB’s ESN for assault •Uzodimma calls for investigation Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Amby Uneze in Owerri President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all security and intelligence agencies to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all those behind yesterday’s dawn attacks on both the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the correctional facility in Owerri. Buhari, in a statement by his media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu, described t...

  The Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu has asked officers of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) not to hesitate in defending themselves by using firearms. IGP Adamu stated this on Tuesday when he visited Imo state for an on-the-spot assessment after the attack on the command headquarters by gunmen on Monday. The gunmen also attacked the Nigerian Correctional Services freeing an unspecified number of prison inmates. Channels Television gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours...

ON THE GO Uprising in the east; uproar in the north – but Nigeria go survive Nigeria is at a tempestuous crossroads. It will be a failed attempt at casuistry to play down the multi-pronged encumbrances the country is contending with. All is not well. It... Imo jail break: FG to pardon escaped inmates — if they voluntarily return Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says the fugitives who escaped from the custodial centre in Owerri, Imo state capital, will be pardoned if ...

ON THE GO Odumakin died on Friday, but doctors hid the news from me till Saturday, says widow Joe Okei-Odumakin, widow of Yinka Odumakin, national publicity secretary of Afenifere, says her husband died on Friday, not Saturday as she was earlier told.Advertisement Odumakin died of COVID-19 complications at the... Buhari converts PTF to presidential steering committee, extends mandate till December The presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 has now been converted to the pre...

BREAKING: Attack On Imo Police Headquarters, Prison Facility Carried Out By IPOB’s Security Operatives – Police Inspector-General, Adamu Armed men in the early hours of Monday attacked a correctional facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital, freeing some inmates. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 05, 2021 The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says preliminary investigation has revealed that the overnight attack on the Imo State Police Headquarters and a correctional facility was...