Police arrest ex-army officer who trains ‘Biafran soldiers’

A 32-year-old former soldier, Livinus Owalum-Barnabas was arrested by police for allegedly training operatives of the Eastern Security Network, ESN.

Barnabas, a dismissed army lance corporal was arrested on Sunday, at Gwagwalada Area Council of the Abuja by Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT).

According to Premium Times Newspaper, the suspect was said to have been recruited by some members of IPOB in Abuja and sent to train newly recruited ESN in two of their training Camps in Abia and Delta States.

“He also Reportedly confessed to have trained at least 2,000 members of the ESN on combat operations, ambush and use of firearms, in the two camps between September to December last year.

The newspaper further stated that, the suspect confessed to security operatives how he was engaged by one ‘Mr Ebere’ who paid him N100,000 before he proceeded to Abia State.

He said Mr Ebere was later arrested alongside 14 other suspected members of the group who were using a Church premises for their meetings where they raised money to be sent to the South-east for buying of ammunition.