The Imo State Police Command has arrested 35-year-old Chidi Azonibe for allegedly circulating a notice about a planned attack by the Fulani herdsmen on residents of Umuoba in Irete and causing panic.
The police spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, in a statement, said the suspect admitted to having distributed the notice alongside his brother, acting on the instruction of one Prophetess Ijeoma who allegedly received a divine instruction about the attack.
Residents of Umuoba had on Monday, February 10 night discovered a threat notice on their gates allegedly written by Fulani herdsmen in Irete, in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.