The Police has arrested a female, Gloria Okorie, 22, suspected to be carrying out spy and espionage works for the Eastern Security Network, ESN, the militia wing of the proscribed, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB
The Force high command said, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, working with the Military and other security forces arrested the 22-year-old female suspect for her complicity in the series of deliberate and well-coordinated attacks on security formations, other critical national infrastructure including INEC offices and killing of security operatives in the South-Eastern part of the country.
Gloria Okorie who is a native of Umutanza in Imo State was arrested following ongoing investigations and implementation of a special operation by the Police Southeast security outfit, ‘Operation Restore Peace’
Recall that the mandate of the outfit among other operational orders, upon inauguration, is to break the information, drugs and arms supply chain to the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network in the South-East region.
But Police Investigations revealed that Gloria Okolie is a member of IPOB/ESN in Imo State and has worked closely with one Benjamin Uzoma Emojiri a.k.a “Onye Army”, one of the ESN commanders earlier declared wanted by the Police for his lead roles in planning, coordinating and executing the attack on the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and Imo State Headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service.
Her arrest and the revelations from her confession, assisted the Police in the arrest of the “One Army”, a breakthrough in the quest to restoring law and order in the South-East region.
Further investigations by the Police team, according to a statement issued by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, CSPAremu Adeniran, revealed that Gloria Okolie takes advantage of her gender and seemingly innocuous looks as camouflage to carry out espionage against military and police targets on behalf of IPOB/ESN.
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The Police further said that the suspect also serves as an intermediate person, who receives cash, drugs and weapons on behalf of IPOB/ESN and deliver the same to the commanders in their various camps.
“Through her clandestine criminal activities, she actively aided and abetted the multiple acts of murder, arson and malicious damage to both private and public property by the ESN” the force pointed, adding that a lot of the deadly and unfortunate attacks on security personnel and assets, with numerous fatalities, have the imprimaturs of Gloria Okolie, the spy girl of ESN militants.
While the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, had commended the security operatives for the unrelenting fight against violent crimes in the country, he further assured citizens of the commitment of the Force to improving public safety, security and upholding law and order in the country.
Miss Okolie will be arraigned in court soon after the investigation is concluded.
