BIAFRA: Why Nigerians have to Reject IPOB, MASSOB – Police Warns

Ebonyi state police command has asked Nigerians to reject the intentions of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) and motion for the Actualisation of the Sovereign nation of Biafra (MASSOB), describing them as unlawful groups.

Jude Madu, the command’s spokesman, who stated this in an interview with NAN on Saturday,

He showed that a few seasoned-Biafra agitators had been arrested “for unlawfully sensitising” the public to live at home on may 30, in observance of the group anniversary.

On Monday, the police arrested about 137 protesters in Enugu, go River and Ebonyi.

Madu said those arrested in Ebonyi could be charged to court, adding that the command might make sure that they're duly prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.

“IPOB and MASSOB are illegal agencies and did now not get permission from the police to embark on such workout which threatens the peace and safety of the state,” he said.

“The command with the directive of the commissioner of police, Mr Titus Lamorde, has started out intensive sensitisation of the populace to dismiss the take a seat-at-domestic directive and move about their lawful agencies.

“these businesses have not supplied facilities or other forms of social protection for the humans they are directing to stay at home; it indicates that their intentions aren't sincere and have to be rejected with the aid of all.”

Madu warned members of the institution now not to carry out outlawed activities inside the country before, throughout and after can also 30, as the entire weight of the regulation might be introduced on any defaulter.

“Any man or woman or institution determined culpable might be arrested and duly prosecuted as the companies’ sports amount to mutiny or preventing a sitting and legally recognized authorities.

“IPOB and MASSOB are techniques developed by a few individuals to advantage public interest and popularity because the former is even a breakaway organ of the latter.

He recommended the groups that now not anybody changed into interested in problems concerning secession as people nonetheless consider the horrors of the civil war and other upheavals within the country after then.

Madu advised them to comprehend that most of the people are “no longer inquisitive about their preaching”, and known as on traditional rulers and city unions throughout the nation to help the police in sensitising the humans and provide relevant facts about the institution’s activities.

“The command has disbursed various name contacts (numbers) to the general public to report activities of those companies within this period, in particular molestation if they refuse to heed to the live-at-home order,” he stated.

“Any gathering of  or more human beings propagating the IPOB/MASSOB messages or executing associated sports need to be directly pronounced to the police for fast actions.”