Trouble !! 9 IPOB Members To Face Trial For Murder & Arson (Read )

Trouble !! 9 IPOB Members To Face Trial For
Murder & Arson (Read )

The Abia State Police Command has
announced that at least 59 suspected
members of the now outlawed Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, have been arrested
by security officials.

The new Abia State Commissioner of Police,
Anthony Ogbizi, who made this disclosure,
also said the suspected members of IPOB,
recently arrested, will be prosecuted for
murder, arson and other related crimes.

Ogbizi made this announcement during a
press briefing and parade of seven suspected
members of IPOB at Ariaria police station in
Aba.

He said following the proscription of IPOB by
governors in the South East and its
declaration as a terrorist group by the
Nigerian Army, anybody found with Biafra
materials would be arrested and prosecuted.
He said that they would be prosecuted under
the Anti Terrorism Act to ensure they were
properly dealt with.

Ogbizi said, “IPOB by their action had shown
itself to be a terrorist group, which must be
dealt with as such. Between September 10
and September 14, 2017, the Ariaria police
station was attacked by suspected members of
IPOB, who destroyed everything in the
station.

“Even some policemen were seriously injured.
In fact, as I am talking to you, one of the
injured police officer is dead. Doctors tried
in vain to save his life.

“Now, we have lost a soul and you know what
it takes to train a police officer. You know
the vacuum that creates. It takes a minimum
of one year to train a police officer.”
The police added that suspected IPOB
members attacked military officers and the
residences of Commissioner of Police and AIG
Zone 9 in Umuahia.

“As I am talking to you now, information
reaching me said they have started gathering
at Nnamdi Kanu’s house”, he said.