Commissioner
of Police in Abia, Mr Anthony Ogbizi, has said that lethal weapons, including
petrol bombs and one double-barrel gun, were recovered during Sunday’s raid on
the residence of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi
Kanu.
Ogbizi
said this on Thursday during a chat with with newsmen in Umuahia.
He
noted that that the items were recovered during a joint operation by security
personnel, including the Police and Army, in the state.
He
said that the petrol bombs were found in buckets and incriminating documents
and letters, concerning IPOB’s activities and plans, were also recovered during
the raid.
The
police boss disclosed that the raid was carried out based on an intelligence
report, regarding the continued activities of some members of the group.
Ogbizi
said, “We recovered many of Biafra’s insignia, staff of office and some of
those items are being analysed.”
The
police boss said that the operation also led to the arrest of one suspected
member of IPOB.
He
said that the team also discovered the telephone numbers of the group’s zonal
coordinators adding that all the communications between the leadership of the
group and their collaborators would be thoroughly analysed.
Ogbizi
said that a Biafran flag was also found hanging on a telecommunications mast in
the area.
He
added that police will ask the Nigeria Communications Commission to sanction
any telecommunication company that allowed its mast to be used to hoist Biafran
flags.
He
said that the activities of IPOB in the Southeast were “stirring insurrection”
and that security agencies would not fold their arms and watch the group foment
violence in the country.
The
police chief said that similar joint operations would be carried out
intermittently in Kanu’s residence, anytime they received intelligence report
that offensive weapons were brought to the place.