Governor Wike Warns Pro-Biafra Protesters

Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers state, has issued a stern warning to protesters who disrupted social and economic activities in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, October 20.

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Peaceful protest over the arrest of director of Radio Biafra.
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PM News reports that Opunabo Inko-Tariah, the senior special adviser on media and publicity, issued a statement that read in part: “As the Chief Security Officer of the state who swore to protect life and property, he will not tolerate actions that will lead to a breakdown of law and order in the state.”

Wike stressed that such demonstrations would no longer be tolerated by his administration. Dissociating himself and the state government from the protest, the governor warned that the coercive legal machinery would be set in motion against any group that attempts to disrupt the peace and stability in the state.

Addressing the residents and all those transacting businesses in the state, the governor assured them of safety and urged to go about their lawful duties.

Protesters, who yesterday paralyzed movement and activities in Port Harcourt, were supporters of Biafra. They took to the street of the city to protest the detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra.

“We want our freedom that is why we are here. We are not comfortable with the Nigerian government, the intimidation, killing and all that; that is why we want our freedom. We feel very bad about his detention and it is affecting each and every one of us. We are not comfortable, we want to go!” Nnenna Nwaoha, the secretary of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Delta, said.

Meanwhile, a faction of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra announced that it would lead to a worldwide demonstration, if the federal government failed to ensure the release of Kanu.