A combined team of military , police and Air Force personnel has raided the camps of the Eastern Security Network linked to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in the Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. The PUNCH investigation on Sunday revealed that the camp of the ESN operatives located inside the thick forest in Udah village, Orsu LGA of the state, had been taken over by the military. An investigation by The PUNCH revealed that the combined military operation which led to the capture of the ESN camp in Udah village was led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari , who is the leader of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team from the Force Headquarters, Abuja . The source said , “ Abba Kyari has been in the state since . He is here on the order of the Inspector General of Police to flush out ESN from Imo State . This is the second week of his operation in the state. ” Our correspondent gathered that Kyari , who led the team to the forest on Friday, met a very stiff resistance from very prepared ESN operatives . According to our correspondent’ s investigation , it took the intervention of the arrival of military men, who came through the air late in the night for the ESN operatives to be subdued. The source said , “ The Abba Kyari team exhausted their strength and asked for help from the military . By the time the military could mobilise and come through the air in the night, the ESN operatives had vacated the camp, which is located in a valley . ” It was also revealed that by the time the security agents accessed the camp , no single ESN operative was seen . “ The team, by the time they had access to the camp , couldn’ t find any ESN operative . They only found a fish pond , a generator , mattresses, cooking utensils and clothes , ” the source said . Meanwhile, the Imo State Government has confirmed the arrest of white garment church worshippers in the ongoing clashes between the military and personnel of the Eastern Security Network linked to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra around Orlu – Orsu axis of the state. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice , Cyprian Akaolisa, in a press conference in Owerri , the state capital, said that the arrest of the white garment church worshippers were based on security intelligence. Akaolisa said some of the white garment church premises were being used as camps for the ESN operatives in the areas .

A mortuary attendant in Oghara, Delta State , has been arrested by the police over the missing corpse of a 58- year -old woman, Mrs Patience Amughoro. The deceased woman was said to have died late last year after a brief illness and her corpse kept in a private hospital mortuary at Oghara , while the family prepared for burial . Sources said the family was stunned when, on Saturday morning after all preparations had been put in place , they arrived at the mortuary only to discover that the body was missing . A family member, who identified himself only as Okiemute , said the mortician had earlier presented a body to the family and on close observation , they found out it was not that of Mrs Amughoro . “ That was when he ( morgue attendant ) began pacing up and down, looking for the body . That was when he told us that the body was missing . “ We were shocked . We had made arrangements to give our auntie a good send – forth. It hurts that we don’ t have her body , ” Okiemute said . He noted that the family later reported the incident to the police. Another family member, who did not want his name in print , wondered how the body disappeared from the mortuary. “ The disappearance of her body is tormenting my family . I have never heard of a corpse developing legs and leaving a mortuary, ” he added . The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya , confirmed the incident to our correspondent. She said the attendant was in detention, adding that investigation was ongoing .

Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri Ex-Imo governor and current senator representing Imo west senatorial district, Senator Rochas Okorocha has been released on late Sunday night by the police authorities in Imo, Crimefacts.news can authoritatively report. Crimefacts.news had reported how Okorocha was arrested on Sunday afternoon over alleged forceful entry into sealed property in Imo state. Those arrested alongside Okorocha were Lasbery Okoroafoanyanwu, former commissioner for transport, Ijeoma Igboanusu, his former Chief of Staff, Domestics Affairs and Steve Asimobi, his current aide at the National Assembly. Confirming his release, a source close to the former governor said Okorocha was released after top APC governors intervened. The source also said that Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu championed the dialogue that got Okorocha released. Crimefacts.news also gathered that three other aides that were arrested alongside Okorocha are still being detained by the police. When Crimefacts.news contracted Okorocha’s Special Adviser on media, Sam Onwuemeodo also confirmed his release. He said, “His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has been at his private residence in Owerri since 7 pm, Sunday. Sunday, February 21, 2021 had marked or enthroned a new dimension to lmo politics. “It is not a good development for the state. The videos pushed out by the appointees and thugs of the Hope Uzodinma’s Administration on their own, had shown that Senator Okorocha was only with his 4 personal aides at the time he was attacked by more than 1000 thugs from the state Government and supported by the police from Government House. Speaking further, “If Okorocha had been with even ten members of his political family, the incident would not have been one sided episode. But to God be the glory that Okorocha was not the aggressor, he concluded. More to follow…….