The Department of State Security Service, DSS in Imo state says its operatives have arrested the masterminds of the attack on the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Owerri.

DSS Director in the state, Wilcox Idaminabo, said this at a stakeholders meeting attended by the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Sylvia Agu, in Owerri, the state capital.

The DSS director said the department had also dislodged a bandits’ camp at Orsu, where the hoodlums had made their headquarters.

According to him, the constant raid by operatives of SSS led to the arrest of one Mike Ahize, who he said is the leader of the hoodlums in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state.

Commending the arrest, Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma said the move will help in the clamp down of activities of the group in Imo.