Read What Police Did To Pro-Biafra Activists

The Anambra state police command has released the 17 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra arrested last week.

Recall that 13 women and four men were arrested while protesting the arrest of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

The Commissioner of Police, Hosea Karma, however warned them not to disturb the peace of the public again.

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 “The Anambra State Police Command has been drawn to the spurious publication on police action in the dispersal of a crowd of misguided protesters on Tuesday, Ocotober 20, at Awka. It is evident that on that day, some misguided youths took to the Onitsha/Enugu Expressway, harassing people and obstructing traffic, causing hardship for innocent and unsuspecting citizens as well as commuters.

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“On receiving calls from well-meaning people, the police command, oblivious of what and who were behind the protest, despatched officers to the scene. The police presence and professional handling of the crowd dispersed them and eased up traffic. Only a few were arrested, cautioned and released immediately same day,” a statement by Police spokesman, Ali Okechukwu, after the arrest, read.

Meanwhile, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer has revealed that the Department of State Security Service refused to produce the Radio Biafra director despite Kanu’s team fulfilling the bail conditions.

Last week, Biafra supporters staged mass protests in Rivers and Delta states.They took to the streets of Port Harcourt, waving Biafra flags and holding placards. Protesters in Delta state went to the government house to condemn the arrest and continued detention of Kanu.

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