Police arrest publishers printing materials for IPOB

-Police arrest two IPOB members over plans to disrupt the November 18 governorship elections in Anambra state.

-Residents of the state have been assured of total safety and security before, during and after the elections.

Police raid IPOB hideout in Onitsha, arrest two members.

The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday raided a printing press in Onitsha and effected the arrest of two suspects accused of printing materials for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The operatives recovered thousands of printed pamphlets which they alleged the IPOB members were planning to distribute in order to cause apprehension during the November 18 gubernatorial election in Anambra state.

Addressing newsmen after the raid, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra state, Garba Baba Umar, warned that the police and other security outfits will not allow any individual or group the disrupt the planned election in the state.

He also encouraged residents of the state to come out in their numbers to vote without entertaining any fear.

“After a discreet procedure in collating intelligence on miscreants and members of the proscribed IPOB, the Onitsha area command raided a printing press where thousands of posters and handbills were being printed.”

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“We wish to encourage the people to ignore the leaflets and the fruitless effort expended in printing them, but to come out en masse and vote in the election as the plans of the group was to instill fear in everyone and cause apathy during the exercise.

“IPOB is proscribed and there won’t be a hiding place for them in Anambra State.

“We won’t tolerate any insignia of the group in this state. If your nickname is IPOB, please change it now; otherwise, we’ll arrest and prosecute you.” He said.

The arrested suspects have been identified as 27-year old Udeagha Ebube Chukwu from Oba in Idemili South LGA, and 37-year old Elochukwu Okoloji of Alor Town also in Idemili.