The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State
Police Command has uncovered the alleged sponsors behind the gruesome murder of
the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of
Imo State, His Royal Majesty Ignatius Asor, along with several others, in a
series of violent attacks across the state.
According to a detailed investigation report submitted
to the Commissioner of Police by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge
of the unit, ACP Oladimeji Odeyeyiwa, and made available to Channels
Television, six suspects have been arrested in connection with the killings.
They include: Milletus Ihueze (also known as Egede),
Magnus Ejiogu (alias Emu), Paschal Ibuaku, Uzoechi Okechukwu, Mgbojisor Odunze,
and Iwuji Chima Bright.
The investigation revealed that the monarch was
assassinated on November 14, 2022, inside his palace by gunmen suspected to be
members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed
wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), led by a notorious commander
identified as Uzondu Nneji.
Findings from the police report indicate that the
attack was allegedly sponsored by Ihueze and Ejiogu, who reportedly paid ?4
million and ?1 million respectively to the assailants to carry out the killing.
The suspects are said to have confessed to the crime,
citing a long-standing land dispute and previous police petitions as their
motive.
Further investigations revealed that the same group
was responsible for several other violent crimes between 2022 and 2025,
including the killing of six police officers attached to the Agwa Police
Division, two expatriates, and several residents across Oguta and neighbouring
local government areas.
Other suspects, including Ibuaku, Okechukwu, Odunze,
and Bright, reportedly confessed to being members of the IPOB/ESN network, with
some identified in viral videos linked to the group’s operations.
The report also named Uzondu Nneji, who escaped from
the Owerri Correctional Centre on April 5, 2025, as the operational commander
of the ESN cell in Agwa.
Police say he coordinated a number of deadly attacks
in Imo communities before going into hiding. Efforts are ongoing to track him
down.
Police operatives reportedly raided several ESN camps
across Imo State following the revelations, recovering arms, ammunition,
criminal charms, and other exhibits, all of which have been properly documented
by the Unit Exhibit Officer.
The report recommended that Ihueze, Ejiogu, Ibuaku,
Okechukwu, Odunze, and Bright be charged before a competent court for criminal
conspiracy, terrorism, treason, arson, unlawful possession of firearms, and
murder.
However, the Imo State Police Command says it will
intensify efforts to arrest Uzondu Nneji and other members of the gang still on
the run.
The Command also assured the public that it will
continue to work closely with other security agencies to restore peace and
ensure justice for victims of violent attacks in Oguta, Agwa, and other parts
of Imo State.
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