Hard Times For Biafra Agitators As Abia Police Reveals Plans.

Following the news of a planned protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the Abia state police command has beefed up security in Aba to curb any attempt by the group to cause a breach of peace.

The Nation reports that IPOB and MASSOB planned protests is to prevail on the Federal Government to release their leader and director of radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who has been detained since October last year.
According to a source in the state’s police command, daily patrols have become pertinent to prevent a repetition of last Monday’s protests.

The source said the groups had concluded plans to bring their members from neighbouring states to carry out the protest.
“The police will be working with sister agencies- the Army, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), among others, and officers from over 10 divisions under the Aba Area Command, have been deployed for the operation,” the source said.

A visit round the metropolis showed police vans stationed at different locations, including St. Michael’s by Mosque, Hospital road by Mosque, Azikiwe road by Asa, Port Harcourt road, Waterside etc., while others moved round the city.
“You know that apart from Onitsha, Aba is the next place with large sympathisers for the Biafra Movement and so, we are not taking chances after what happened previously. We are being proactive rather than coming in when things must have gone wrong,” the source said.

When the commissioner of police, Habila Joshak, was contacted to ascertain the preparedness of the police, he replied in a text message saying: “We do not want the peace of a city moving towards industrialisation to be disturbed. Visibility policing will ensure the safety of lives and property.”

Reports have it that for the first time in four months, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu on Monday, January 25 appeared in court in a different attire. The proceedings of his bail application is presided over by Justice John Tsoho at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Meanwhile, Solomon Chukwu, one of the leaders of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that an independence of the Biafra republic would only be realized without violence.