SECURITY FORCES ARREST ANOTHER IPOB/ESN HENCHMAN
Oru Leonard
The Second in Command to the neutralised IPOB/ESN leader Ikonso, Awurum Eze, has been arrested by security operatives in Aba, Abia State.
According to the statement made available to News Dot and signed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, the 48 years old Awurum Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta, Isiala-Mbano LGA, Imo State, had on the 4th of May 2021 escaped when operatives of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) stormed his village house in Isiala Mbano where he was hiding.
Intensive manhunt was thereafter launched towards tracing and arresting him. He was eventually apprehended on Wednesday, 12 May 2022, in Aba after weeks of unrelenting follow-ups by operatives.
Security reports has it that Awurum Eze is suspected to be one of the main sponsors of the numerous killings in Imo State and has been on the wanted list of security agents for more than 3 months. Many of the arrested IPOB /ESN members had earlier mentioned him as their key sponsor, mastermind and Second in Command to late Ikonso. According to them, amongst all their leaders in Imo State, only Ikonso and Awurum have direct communication link with Nnamdi Kanu. He can be seen in several photographs posing with the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
“Investigation by the combined team of security operatives continues”, Yerma said.
