Yesterday, in a statement signed and distributed by a spokesman for the State Security Services, SSS, Tony Opuiyo, the department said a suspected individual with ties to the separatist group, Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, had been arrested.
The statement reads in part: "Sequel to increasing threat posed to public peace by the activities of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), this Service arrested one Chidiebere Onwudiwe, a graduate of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering and known member of IPOB, on 22nd June, 2016.
Onwudiwe and his associates within and outside the country, were planning to carry out coordinated attacks against religious bodies/edifices, Police-Check Points and the computer village in Ikeja, Lagos State, with Improvised Explosive devices (IEDS). The suspect was apprehended while making logistics supplies for their nefarious plan."
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