IGP Warns MASSOB And Biafran Protesters, Says Stop Threatening Public Peace Or Face The Wrath Of The Law.

Read the press statement below;

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon
Arase has issued a stern warning to MASSOB
and IPOB activists to stop threatening public
peace or face the full weight of the law. The
warning followed the observation by the Nigeria
Police Force leadership of the increasing resort
to acts of brigandage by sets of misguided
individuals who apparently are hiding under the
cloak of Movement for the Actualisation of
Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to threaten
national security and public peace in parts of
South East geopolitical Zone and some other
conterminous States.

The latest manifestation of this threat is the
attempt to blockade the Onitsha end of Niger
Bridge on 1st December, 2015, an action that
caused major hardship to innocent and law abiding
motorists, and citizens. The act also occasioned
serious dislocation of business activities. The
Inspector-General of Police notes that the
increasing resort to acts of brigandage of this
nature is pointing to a clear attempt by the
brains behind these protests to test the will of
security agencies to restore order and guarantee
internal cohesion. For the avoidance of doubts,
the IGP further notes, the restoration and
maintenance of law and public order, and protection
of lives and property remain sacred and
statutory Mandate of the Nigeria Police.

This Mandate, according to him, shall be fully
executed in the overriding interests of the
nation and vast majority of citizens and residents
of the South East geopolitical Zone. Consequently,
the Inspector-General of Police has directed the
mobilisation and deployment of Police Mobile
Force (PMF) across the country to reinforce
security in the State Commands that MASSOB
and IPOB are currently attempting to utilise as
launching pad for their sinister intentions.

The Assistant Inspectors – General of Police
Zone 5, (Benin); Zone 6, (Calabar) and Zone 9 (Umuahia)
as well as all Commissioners of Police in the affected
States in the South East and neigbouring States
have also been directed to henceforth maximally
exercise their statutory Mandate in relation to
prevention and disruption of any gathering that
threatens public order and national cohesion.

Any person or group of persons so arrested in
furtherance to the enforcement of this order will
be made to face the full wrath of the law. To this
end, the Inspector-General of Police advises parents
and guardians to call their children and wards to order
as the patience of the Force is being stretched to the
limit. He firmly affirmed that no individual or group
interest can override the interest of the nation and
that democratic values provide for exploration of
rule of law to advance any concern, not the resort
to endless and misguided acts of brigandage, unless
there is an ulterior motive as the extant instance
tends to dictate. He concluded by asserting that the
Nigeria Police Force will not fold its law enforcement
arms to allow few misguided elements to continually
force hardships on fellow Nigerians either in the
South East or any other part of the nation for that matter.

Ag. ACP OLABISI KOLAWOLE FORCE PUBLIC
RELATIONS OFFICER.

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