Anambra police warn Ipob members that they risk arrest if they engage in today's protest

ANAMBRA State Police Command has warned the members of the separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) that they face being arrested if they participate in their planned international day of protest later today.

 

Ipob had declared September 23 as its international day of protest during which there had been plans to hold marches demonstrating against the continued detention of its leader Nnamdi Kanu. In October last year, Mr Kanu was detained by security agents after visiting Nigeria from the UK where he runs a pirate radio station called Radio Biafra.

 

Furthermore, Ipob had also ordered residents across Nigeria's southeast geo-political zone to observe a sit-at-home today while markets, schools, banks and other institutions in the region must stay closed. In response, however, the police have warned the group that its members need to retrace their steps or face the consequences, stressing that the protest is illegal.

 

In a statement titled Protest Attempt to Cause Breach of Peace, police spokesman Nkeiruka Nwode, advised parents to warn their children and wards against being used for the protest. He added: “The attention of the Anambra State Police Command has been drawn to the information that some misguided elements have perfected plans to cause public disorder and conduct themselves in a manner that is likely to cause breach of the peace.

 

“The command is using this medium to warn such elements to retrace their steps and desist from embarking on any acts of criminality. In the same vein, parents are advised to warn their children/wards from being used for acts of illegality.”