Nigeria, May 11 -- The Nigeria Police Force says its operatives have arrested three suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Imo State, Nigeria's South-east.

Force spokesperson Anthony Placid disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Mr Placid, a deputy commissioner of police, said a confirmed hideout of the separatist group was dismantled when the operatives from Imo State raided the hideout on 23 April in Nguru Community, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state.

"The operation was intelligence-driven, premised on actionable information obtained from the confessional statement of a high-ranking IPOB/ESN commander, Ebube Uchenna Mmaduakolam...