Pro-Biafra protesters flout Wike’s order

Pro-Biafra elements took their agitation to
another level on Saturday when they
harassed, intimidated and forced residents of
Oyigbo City in Rivers State to close their
businesses and join in their protest march.
As they resumed their protest over the
continued detention of their leader, Nnamdi
Kanu, by the DSS- the pro-Biafrans carried
placards with different inscriptions such as;
‘free Kanu now’, ‘please don’t kill our
leader’, ‘release Kanu to attend to his health’.
The protest march eventually became violent
as the pro-Biafrans started beating up those
that refused to identify with them.
The situation was eventually brought to
normalcy following the intervention of Rivers
State government and law enforcement
agents.
In a subsequent press statement issued in
Port Harcourt, Rivers State Commissioner for
Information, Tam George, condemned the
action of the youths.
He said the ban on illegal processions
remained in force and vowed that
government would deal with anybody that
flouts the order.
“It has come to the attention of the Rivers
State government that some pro-Biafra
agitators have resorted to illegal procession
and assaulted law abiding citizens and
residents of the state.
“Governor Nyesom Wike strongly condemns
the acts of criminality perpetrated by pro-
Biafra agitators by whatever name in the
Oyigbo area of the state,” he said.