The Imo State Police Command has arrested an Army deserter, Godwin Chukwuemeka aka Match and D*e, 35, for alleged involvement in the April 5 jailbreak in the state.
The Special Adviser on Media to the state Commissioner of Police, Mike Abatam, while parading the suspect, said the suspect was also involved in the attack on the police command headquarters in Owerri. Abatam who described the suspect as a “notorious criminal,” said he had committed many heinous crimes in the state.
Abatam stated that the suspect was arrested inside the ceiling of his residence. He added that Godwin during interrogation, revealed he fled the North-east due to insurgency and 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.
