The Imo state police have arrested Chinwendu Nwagwu, the suspected leader of the gang that killed former presidential aide Ahmed Gulak in Imo state.
The spokesperson of the police in Imo, Michael Abattam, said this while parading the suspect at the command’s headquarters, in Owerri, on Wednesday.
Abattam said Nwagwu, popularly known as ‘Onye Army’, confessed to joining the Nigerian army in 2013 but left in 2021 and later joined the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
He said Nwagwu further confessed to leading the gang that attacked offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Ihitte-Uboma and Isiala Mbano council areas, the state headquarters in Owerri.
According to him, Nwagwu was arrested at his country home in Nguru, Aboh Mbaise council area of the state, on December 25.
He also said the suspect confessed to using black magic to prevent bullets from penetrating his body, adding that several items were recovered from his home upon his arrest.
Abattam listed the items as five pump action guns, four locally-made pistols, two cut-to-size double-barrelled guns, 50 rounds of live cartridges, locally-made hand grenades and ESN regalia.
“He rose to become commander in the ESN and personally confessed to having trained over 100 persons in the IPOB,” the police spokesperson said.
