Date Published: 11 November 2022
ODINAKA DIKE ALLEGEDLY MURDERED OVER DEATH OF IPOB/ESN MEMBER, IKONSO
Sequel to the death of the Commander of the Eastern Security Network, (ESN) and member, Indigenous People Of Biafra, (IPOB), Mr. Ikonso, a Police Informant, Mr. Odinaka Dike has been allegedly murdered by members of ESN and IPOB.
Speaking with Ika Weekly Newspaper Correspondent in Imo State, the Leader, Local Vigilante Group in Mgbidi, Oru-west Local Government Area of Imo State, Mr. Maduka Okonkwor, disclosed that the lifeless body of Mr. Odinaka Dike was discovered along Onitsha/Owerri Road, Mgbidi in Oru-west Local Government Area of Imo State, on the 9th of November, 2022.
He further stated that to the best of his knowledge, Odinaka Dike was killed by IPOB/ESN members for giving the Police the information that led to the arrest and killing of their Commander, Mr. Ikonso.
According to him," It was alleged that our man, late Mr. Odinaka Dike gave the Police the accurate information that led to the arrest and killing of their Member/Commander, Mr. Ikonso who was shut dead by the Imo State Police on the 1st of May, 2021 at Awo-Mama Community, Oru-east Local Government Area of Imo State.
" The killing of Ikonso has brought a lot of may-hem to the late Dike's family as two of his siblings were some time ago killed by the same suspected IPOB/ESN group," he said.
The reporter also gathered that late Odinaka Dike was working as an Informant to the Nigerian Police Force, ( NPF), Mgbidi Police Division.
It was also gathered that people lose their lives every blessed day in Imo and other states in the Easthern Region over the IPOB and ESN issues.
As at the time of filing this report, the body of Mr. Odinaka Dike has been taken away by the Police for further investigations to be carried out.
