on June 02, 2015
By Chidi Nkwopara
OWERRI—Imo State police command has
confirmed the arrest of no fewer than 68 members of Movement for the
Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, for unlawful assemblage
and procession.
Disclosing this to newsmen in his
office, yesterday, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Austin Evbakhavbokun,
said “62 of the figure arrested had been charged to court for conspiracy,
belonging to unlawful society and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.”
The commissioner, however, disclosed
that the leader of the movement, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, from investigations
conducted, was not associated with the group.
File: MASSOB protests
Evbakhavbokun said that the
self-styled freedom fighters had stormed Owerri, the state capital in buses
from all directions to celebrate Biafra Day and remembrance of their fallen
heroes without previous notice to the police.
“They were clad in MASSOB/Biafra
uniforms with varying insignia and marched towards the Port Harcourt-Owerri
federal highway, chanting war songs in such a manner as to cause breach of the
peace. They were, however, dispersed by the State Police Command,” the
commissioner said.
The Imo police boss, who listed
exhibits recovered from the suspects as Biafra uniforms, Biafra ID cards,
Biafra flags and some buses, regretted that most of those involved in the act
never knew when and how the civil war was fought in the country.
He advised parents and guardians to
always keep a tab on the activities of their children and wards to discourage
them from acts and conducts capable of jeopardizing peace and security in the
society.
“We have just one country called
Nigeria and we cannot have two flags for the same country,” the commissioner
said.
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