agitators were not arrested during May 30 sit-
at-home protest
- Police said it was able to successfully
safeguard lives and properties based on the
deployment of officers using strategic format
called “Visibility Policing”.
Chris Ezike, the Imo state commissioner of Police, has
given reasons why any member of the Movement for
the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra or
Indigenous People of Biafra was not arrested during
the May 30, 50th anniversary organised by the
groups.
According to him, Police said it was able to
successfully safeguard lives and properties based on
the deployment of officers using strategic format
called “Visibility Policing”.
Police said it was able to successfully safeguard lives
and properties based on the deployment of officers
using strategic format called “Visibility Policing”.
The CP said this while addressing newsmen on the
just concluded sit down at home protest.
Going further, he said that his command did not arrest
any member of the agitator because they were
nowhere to be found, neither did they protest on the
streets or cause a breach of the law and order.
He said: “No, we did not arrest any MASSOB or IPOB
member. They were nowhere to found. Is it not when
you see somebody that you will arrest him or her?
They did not protest or cause breakdown of the law
and order. We were not against people sitting at
home, but what we are against is, people, engaging in acts that will cause problems in the society.”
He however acknowledged the right of people to
engage in peaceful demonstration.
Newslanded recalls that the IPOB had held a sit-at- home protest yesterday, May 30, in various states across the country.
Newslanded also gathered that the order was complied by Biafra supporters in 75 others countries included the United Kingdom and Russia.
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