The police command in Anambra State has arrested 34 members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over reported attack on police officers and murder of a police inspector in Nnewi.
Police spokesperson in the state, Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
Haruna said the IPOB members attacked the police officers with stone and machetes and one police inspector was killed in the process. He added that a police patrol van was also set ablaze by the IPOB members.
“There was intelligence report that members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were sighted gathering in their hundreds near Teaching Hospital, Owerri Road, Nnewi with intent to cause a breach of the Public Peace.
“Following the report, Police Patrol teams led by the Area Commander, Nnewi ACP Nnanna Ama mobilised and rushed to the scene in order to disperse and prevent them from causing a breakdown of law and order.
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