Police nab 12 pro-Biafra protesters in Enugu

The Indigenous People of Biafra has had its members who took to the streets and markets in Enugu to call on residents to embark on a sit-at-home protest arrested by the police.

According to the Punch, the IPOB members were apprehended at the popular Ogbete Main Market in Enugu with Twelve members of the pro-Biafran group arrested during the incident.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu confirmed the development, said the secessionists would be prosecuted.

It was gathered that the IPOB members invaded the market with public address systems and pamphlets, urging traders to close their shops and stay at home on Friday, September 23, to press home their demand for the release of the group’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Aus countries where the planned rallies would hold on September 23.

The secessionist group pleaded with the international community to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to free Kanu, failing which “things would fall apart” in the country.

However, the police said it had beefed up security in Enugu to stop IPOB from disrupting commercial activities in line with the planned sit-at-home protest.

According to Amaraizu, the arrested IPOB members threatened to disrupt commercial activities if the people failed to heed the sit-at-home plea.

The police spokesman said security agencies were ready to forestall possible breakdown of law and order on the day of the planned protest.