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•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 the attacks as an act of terrorism. Gunmen had launched coordinated attacks on the state police comma...

  The leadership of the Indigenious People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied being responsible for Monday’s attacks on Imo Police Headquarters and Correctional Centre where over 1,900 inmates were freed. Emma Powerful, the group’s Media and Publicity head said the attacks were not carried out by operatives of Eastern Security Network, ESN. He said: “The attention of IPOB has been drawn again to the fallacious and fabricated news that IPOB and ESN are involved in the attack of prison and police headquarters in Owerri Imo State. “IPOB and ESN are known groups not unknown gunmen. ESN is in th...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied he attack on the federal prison and police command headquarters in Owerri, Imo state.