Nwangwu Chiwendu, a 34-year-old notorious IPOB/ESN commander has been finally arrested by the Imo State Police Command during his father”s funeral in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state, The Sun Nigeria reports.
The serial killer was also said to be an ex-Soldier who left the Nigerian Army after eight years in service and decided to join the IPOB in other to commit many atrocities in the southeast region. The suspect while been paraded confessed to many crimes in the state. He claimed to have trained over 2000 IPOB militants and also confessed to be the one behind the attacks on most of the INEC offices in the state. He also revealed that he was the one who shot and killed Ahmed Gulak, the former political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, while he was on his way to the airport with his friend in 2021.
The notorious ESN commander also confessed that he was the one who killed the elder brother of popular Nollywood actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw, Prince Iheme, who was riding along with the State commissioner for Solid Mineral, Martins Ekeh, in a vehicle to a function.
The notorious ESN commander who is popularly known as Onye Army, also murdered the traditional ruler of Amaohuru Nguru, Aboh Mbaise LGA, Imo State, Eze Anyanwu; a native doctor in Amaohuru Nguru, Uzodimma Ahaiwe; one Ugochukwu Olewuike, aka Taco; the youth leader of Amaohuru Nguru; one Krubo; a police inspector and a police sergeant, among others.
He said while confessing to newsmen, “I was at the Lance corporal rank before I ran away from the Nigerian Army after serving them for eight good years before I joined IPOB. I was made an IPOB Commander after they saw the smartness in me and after since then, I had been the one training young ESN fighters. I was the one that killed the elder brother of Osita Iheme and also Ahmed Gulak while he was on his way to the airport. I stopped the car that was conveying Gulak to the airport and shot him dead after I had removed the rings on his right fingers that he was using for protections.”
Nevertheless, the spokesperson for the command, Michael Abattam noted that the suspect would soon be charged to court for killing many prominent personalities in Nigeria and he assured Nigerians that Onye Army would not go scot-free.
