Delta State Police command, arrest 125 Biafra protesters in Asaba
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According to reports and confirmations from the Delta state police command, over 125 members of the Movement For the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, have been arrested in Asaba, the state capital.
This according to Charles Muka, the acting police public relations officer in the state, is to forestall total breakdown of law and order in the state.
This is as the Indigenous People of Biafra agitators arrested on Friday in Imo State are still in the custody of the State Police Command.
“We have arrested 125 MASSOB members. We cannot allow the breakdown of law and order in the state. Those arrested are still in detention with heavy security build up around them.
“The arrested suspects are likely to be charged to court on Monday, we will leave no stone unturned to follow the law to the letters”. Muka said.
It was learnt that as police clamped down on members of the group in Asaba, some of it's members, went into hiding.
At such, normalcy, have been restored to Asaba, the l state capital, and its environs, as people now go about their lawful business peacefully.
MASSOB members on Friday took to the streets of Asaba chanting war songs and carrying fresh leaves and broken woods to press their demands.
Also, armed policemen have taken over the deserted Asaba textile mill, which the group usually uses for their meetings. The security agents were observed frisking passersby including motorists.
The Delta PPRO advised members of the public to go about their normal lawful business without any fear of molestation.
Meanwhile, the Indigenous People of Biafra agitators arrested on Friday in Imo State are still in police custody.
In a telephone chat, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officers, Andrew Enwerem, said that they would soon be charged to court.
However, some residents like Mr. Theodore Isika condemned the arrest.
However, some residents like Mr. Theodore Isika condemned the arrest.
“ Boko Haramists were severally called for negotiation while members of Movement of the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, who don’t carry arms are always arrested and prosecuted.
"Often times, they are shot dead by security operatives. This is injustice of the highest order, I must say.” Mr Isika said.
In a related development, the Anambra State Police command, has denied allegations of arresting some members of the group.
The Command on Saturday said no member of the pro Biafra activists had been arrested in the state since Friday that the group commenced mass demonstration over the continued detention of the Radio Biafra director, Nnamdi Kanu.
Okechukwu also denied that police shot anybody during the protest.
“We did not go close to them. We allowed them to go their way because they said their protest was peaceful. They can attest to that. I’m not aware that somebody died in the protest.”
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