The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a suspected leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Okechukwu Ama-Nlemedim.

DSS Director in the state, Wilcox Idaminabo, confirmed this during a stakeholders meeting in Owerri. The meeting had in attendance the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Sylvia Agu.

Idaminabo said the suspect is responsible for numerous attacks on government facilities, killing of policemen and part of the team responsible for the attacks on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in Owerri and Orlu.

According to him, the secret police and other security agencies were committed to ensuring that lasting peace reigns in the state.