The Nigerian Police Operatives in their search and quest for maximum security and peace in the country, have arrested a former soldier said to be responsible for the training of fighters for the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Anaedoonline.ng on Sunday, gathered that Livinus Owalum-Barnabas, the former soldier, 32 years old was arrested in Gwagwalada, Abuja by operatives attached to the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT).
Owalum-Barnabas is understood to be a dismissed army lance corporal and was lured by IPOB/ESN with a monetary offer of double what he gets paid in the military.
An exclusive report by Premium Times monitored by Anaedoonline.ng revealed that the former soldier was recruited by some members of IPOB in Abuja and sent to train newly recruited IPOB/ESN in two of their training Camps in Abia and Delta States.
After his arrest, the suspect is said to have confessed to having trained at least 2,000 members of the ESN on combat operations, ambush and use of firearms, in the two camps between September to December last year.
The arrest comes a few weeks after a joint operation by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and their counterparts from the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services (DSS) has resulted in the killing of the suspected insurgent attacking Imo and other southeast states.
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The leader of the insurgents, identified as Commander Ikonso was killed during the gun battle between security operatives and the insurgents while six of his fighters were also arrested. The encounter happened in Awomama Village Oru East LGA of Imo State.
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