IPOB Deputy Commander responsible for Gulak’s killing arrested in Imo
The Police said it has arrested the Deputy Commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) one Nwagwu Chiwendu who is also ,allegedly, responsible for the killing of Ahmed Gulak.
Chiwendu, a 34-year-old Nigerian Army deserter, Lance Corporal was arrested at Amahohuru Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Local government Area of Imo State for alleged terrorism.
He is said to be IPOB’s main trainer in weapon handling and rose to become the second in command to Temple, who is now the leader of the group in Imo State.
The notorious criminal deserted the Nigerian Army, and joined ESN since January 2021.
“He served on OPHK and thus has operational experience. He was arrested on Monday during the burial of his father at Mbaise. He is taking us to their camp tonight at Obowo.
“He confessed to killing Gulak and confirmed that his camp is responsible for kidnapping the two expatriates along Owerri-Okigwe Road and the killing of two Police Inspectors escorting them.
“They are the ones that also killed our soldiers in the same location and the burning of our Hilux last week. They equally participated in the attack on the INEC office in Owerri.
He is currently with the police,” said a military source
According to CSP Michael Abattam, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Chiwendu popularly known as Onye-army, was nabbed by operatives of the Imo State Police Command at his father’s funeral on December 23 in his home town in Aboh Mbaise after diligent gathering of both credible and technical intelligence.
He added that the suspected vicious terrorist is a commander and member of IPOB and its militia arm, Eastern Security Network and has confessed to be behind the killing of two INEC staff at Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State in April 2022.
He said that the suspect is also said to have spearheaded the operation that led to the killing of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak in May 2021 as well as orchestrated the kidnap of two expatriates along Okigwe Road two weeks ago and has been involved in high-level killings, kidnapping, and burning of INEC offices and government facilities across the state.
The suspect became the Operational Commander and Chief Trainer of the militia arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Eastern Security Network where he claimed to have trained over 1,000 members in weaponry and terror attack in their camp located in Ogbotoukwu, a forest, in Obowo Local Government Area of the state.
