{"id":43623,"date":"2021-05-13T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T14:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43623"},"modified":"2021-05-13T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T14:46:56","slug":"nigerian-army-arrests-alleged-esns-second-in-command-awurum-eze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43623","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Army arrests alleged ESN\u2019s second-in-command, Awurum Eze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigerian Army has arrested the alleged Second-in-Command of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), identified as Awurum Eze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

48-years-old Eze, who was arrested in Aba, Abia State on Wednesday, is said to be the deputy to the slained ESN Commander, Ikonso, who was killed by the military on May 4 in a gun battle between the ESN, the military wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and operatives of the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Muhammed Yerima, Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta in the Isiala-Mbano local government area of Imo State, had earlier escaped arrest when operatives of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) stormed his village house in Isiala Mbano where he was hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Second-in-Command to the neutralised IPOB\/ESN terrorist leader Ikonso, Awurum Eze, has been arrested by security operatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 48-year-old Awurum Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta, Isiala-Mbano LGA, Imo State, had on the 4th of May, 2021, escaped when operatives of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) stormed his village house in Isiala Mbano where he was hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIntensive manhunt was thereafter launched towards tracing and arresting him. He was eventually apprehended on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Aba after weeks of unrelenting follow-ups by operatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAwurum Eze is one of the main sponsors of the numerous killings in Imo State and has been on the wanted list of security agents for more than 3 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany of the arrested IPOB\/ESN<\/a> terrorists had earlier mentioned him as their key sponsor, mastermind and Second-in-Command to the late Ikonso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccording to them, amongst all their leaders in Imo State, only Ikonso and Awurum have direct communication link with Nnamdi Kanu. He can be seen in several photographs posing with the fugitive terrorist leader, Nnamdi Kanu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInvestigation by the combined team of security operatives continues.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nigerian Army has arrested the alleged Second-in-Command of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), identified as Awurum Eze. 48-years-old Eze, who was arrested in Aba, Abia State on Wednesday, is said to be the deputy to the slained ESN Commander, Ikonso, who was killed by the military on May 4 in a gun battle between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNigerian Army arrests alleged ESN\u2019s second-in-command, Awurum Eze » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43623\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43623#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Insurgency\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=24\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Nigerian Army arrests alleged ESN\u2019s second-in-command, Awurum Eze\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigerian Army arrests alleged ESN\u2019s second-in-command, Awurum Eze » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43623","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43623#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Insurgency","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=24"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nigerian Army arrests alleged ESN\u2019s second-in-command, Awurum Eze"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=24\" rel=\"category\">Insurgency<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Nigerian Army has arrested the alleged Second-in-Command of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), identified as Awurum Eze. 48-years-old Eze, who was arrested in Aba, Abia State on Wednesday, is said to be the deputy to the slained ESN Commander, Ikonso, who was killed by the military on May 4 in a gun battle between…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43623"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}