Dismissed Soldier Who Fled North-East Arrested In Imo For Aiding Jailbreak

The Imo State Police Command has arrested an Army deserter,
Godwin Chukwuemeka, 35, for alleged involvement in the April 5
jailbreak in the state.

Parading the suspect, the Special Adviser on Media to the state
Commissioner of Police, Mike Abatam, said the suspect was also
involved in the attack on the police command headquarters in
Owerri.

Describing the suspect as a “notorious criminal,” Mbatam, a
Chief Superintendent of Police, said he had committed many heinous
crimes in the state.

He alleged that the suspect was still using military insignia
despite the fact that he had been dismissed.

Mbatam said “Following reliable information, tactical teams of
the Imo command stormed the hideout of a notorious suspected
criminal in the Owerri Nekede area, where one Godwin Chukwuemeka,
aka Match and Die, 35, was arrested inside the ceiling of his
residence.

“The suspect is alleged to be a dismissed soldier of the
Nigerian Army. On interrogation, he confessed to being among the
hoodlums, who attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters
and the Correctional Centre, Owerri, earlier this year.

“Meanwhile, the following items were recovered from the suspect:
a cut-to-size double-barrelled gun, a black browning pistol, two
live cartridges, one expended cartridge, military camouflage and
desert boots.

“The Commissioner of Police urged the officers and men of the
command to sustain the tempo of the moment. He commends the good
people of the state for their support and solicits an all-society
approach to improve security in the state.”

The suspect, who spoke to journalists, said he ran away from the
military because of the insurgency in the North.

He said he fled the military camp in the North-East to enable
him to sit his final examinations at the Federal Polytechnic,
Nekede, Owerri.

The Imo State Police Command has arrested an Army deserter,
Godwin Chukwuemeka, 35, for alleged involvement in the April 5
jailbreak in the state.

Parading the suspect, the Special Adviser on Media to the state
Commissioner of Police, Mike Abatam, said the suspect was also
involved in the attack on the police command headquarters in
Owerri.

Describing the suspect as a “notorious criminal,” Mbatam, a
Chief Superintendent of Police, said he had committed many heinous
crimes in the state.

He alleged that the suspect was still using military insignia
despite the fact that he had been dismissed.

Mbatam said “Following reliable information, tactical teams of
the Imo command stormed the hideout of a notorious suspected
criminal in the Owerri Nekede area, where one Godwin Chukwuemeka,
aka Match and Die, 35, was arrested inside the ceiling of his
residence.

“The suspect is alleged to be a dismissed soldier of the
Nigerian Army. On interrogation, he confessed to being among the
hoodlums, who attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters
and the Correctional Centre, Owerri, earlier this year.

“Meanwhile, the following items were recovered from the suspect:
a cut-to-size double-barrelled gun, a black browning pistol, two
live cartridges, one expended cartridge, military camouflage and
desert boots.

“The Commissioner of Police urged the officers and men of the
command to sustain the tempo of the moment. He commends the good
people of the state for their support and solicits an all-society
approach to improve security in the state.”

The suspect, who spoke to journalists, said he ran away from the
military because of the insurgency in the North.

He said he fled the military camp in the North-East to enable
him to sit his final examinations at the Federal Polytechnic,
Nekede, Owerri.