Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has given directive to security operatives in the state to arrest Biafran agitators who have resorted to illegal protest and assault of innocent law abiding residents, Daily Post reports.
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The directive was made known in a statement issued on Friday, January 15 by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George.
“It has come to the attention of the Rivers State government that some Biafran agitators have resorted to illegal processions, and have assaulted law abiding citizens and residents of the state.
“Governor Nyesom Wike strongly condemns the acts of criminality perpetrated by Biafran agitators by whatever name, in the Oyigbo area of the state.
“The government has directed all security agencies in the state to arrest and prosecute all Biafran agitators who flout the ban on illegal separatist processions and demonstrations in Rivers State,” the statement read.
The statement also hinted that the state government pleaded with residents to remain calm and law abiding.
The state government last year arrested no fewer than 20 Biafran agitators for illegal protests in Port Harcourt. They were prosecuted and remanded in prison custody.
The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), has been protesting across the country, demanding the release of their detained leader and director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi kanu. Kanu is in Federal Government custody charged with treasonable felony.
Meanwhile, the former chairman, Security Committee of Wike’s New Rivers Vision Campaign Organisation, Brigadier-General Elton David Amah, has decamped and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Source: Daily Post, Naij.com
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