The Rivers State Police Command says it arrested 10 suspected members of the disbanded Indigenous People of Biafra and seven fake members of civilian Joint Taskforce in various parts of the state.
The State Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday.
According to Effiong, the arrests were made when officers raided their hideouts after the command acted on credible intelligence.
He said the suspected IPOB members were arrested in Oyigbo on the outskirts of Port Harcourt, while the arms-bearing fake civilian JTF members were nabbed in Omoku and Ahoada, both in Rivers State.
The CP said, “On December 23, 2022, we received information that some IPOB members have started relocating to Rivers State.
“We had to work on that intelligence and we discovered where they stay in an estate in Oyigbo. The building they stay in the estate was raided and ten of them were arrested.
“Interestingly, four of them arrested were identified as the key players in the burning down of the Oyigbo Police Station during the #EndSARS riot.
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“And one of them has been on the wanted list of the police since February this year.”
He added, “We are still working on them and as we receive information we shall act on it immediately.”
