{"id":102065,"date":"2022-12-21T18:43:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102065"},"modified":"2022-12-21T18:43:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T17:43:33","slug":"dss-nabs-ring-leader-others-behind-attack-on-inec-offices-in-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dss-nabs-ring-leader-others-behind-attack-on-inec-offices-in-imo\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS nabs ring leader, others behind attack on INEC offices in Imo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday said it has arrested two suspects involved in the attacks on the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>The state director, Wilcox Idaminabo, said the agency has dislodged camps at Orsu from where the hoodlums launch the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke in Owerri at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof Sylvia Uchenna Agu.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, the raids led to the arrest of a leader and financier of the hoodlums in Orsu.<\/p>\n<p>Idaminabo said the hoodlums have relocated to Aku\/Ihube axis along the Okigwe expressway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have continued to comb their camps and cells in Orsu, Njaba, Orlu and Okigwe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur onslaught especially at Njaba led to the arrest of one Ejima who has been threatening to burn down the state and INEC offices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to announce that just last night (Tuesday) we apprehended him and he\u2019s now in our custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also recovered a lot of arms, ammunition and charms from him,\u201d the DSS chief said.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday said it has arrested two suspects involved in the attacks on the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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