07/20/2025
IMO POLICE COMMAND SMASHES IPOB/ESN SYNDICATES, KIDNAP GANGS, AND TRAFFICKERS; RECOVERS ARMS, RESCUES VICTIMS
The Imo State Police Command, under the strategic leadership of CP Aboki Danjuma, has recorded tremendous success in its intensified fight against violent crimes and criminal syndicate across the state.
Over the past six months, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, alongside other Divisions and Formations have arrested 2,785 suspects for serious offences including kidnapping, terrorism, murder, armed robbery, cultism, child trafficking among others. These operations also resulted in the rescue of 58 kidnapped victims and 42 stolen children, many of whom have been joyfully reunited with their families.
Investigations into these cases resulted in the recovery of a large cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives, including 2 GPMG, 14 AK-47s, 20 pump-action guns, 4 fabricated rocket launchers, 7 gas-cylinder explosives, locally made hand grenades, assorted rounds of live ammunition, cartridges, Biafran flags, and criminal charms, make Imo State safer and more secure for all.
Credit: Michael Odiegwu Onyedikachi
DSP OKOYE HENRY, ANIPR
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER IMO STATE POLICE COMMAND
