Army Arrests Impersonators, Suspected Cultists In Imo State

The impersonators were nabbed by
officials of the 34 Artillery Brigade of
the Army in Obinze,
during the precursor
operations nicknamed “exercise
crocodile smile”.
Parading the suspects at the Army
Headquarters in Owerri, the Assistant
Director, Public Relations of the Brigade,
Lieutenant Haruna Tagwai, said the
suspects had been parading themselves
as military personnel using fake identity
cards and some military kits to
perpetrate criminal acts within Owerri
metropolis and its environs.

He added that another four-man gang
suspected to be members of a deadly
cult group in Ohaji/ Egbema Local
Government Area of Imo State were also
arrested during the operation.
Lieutenant Tagwai said that the
suspects would be handed over to the
Imo State Police Command, for further
investigation and prosecution.