Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri
The Imo State Police Command on Wednesday said it would tackle the enforcers of sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Henry Okoye, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri.
It has been a lot tensed situation since last week following the order which led to reports of killings, and attacks on markets as well as burning of commercial buses.
But police have vowed to deal decisively with the enforcers of the order.
“It is pertinent to State that Imo Police Command is aware of the videos that surfaced last weekend on various social media platforms where unrepentant and subversive criminal syndicates suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN).
“They were seen shooting sporadically and attacking residents in Irete and Amakohia with the sole aim of creating apprehension amongst the populace and forcing them to obey an unlawfully imposed sit-at-home order by IPOB/ESN disgruntled elements who are hell-bent on disturbing the socio-economic activities of the masses and bringing untold hardship to the good people of this State.”
“The Commissioner of Police assertively states that the Command is on top of the situation. The sit-at-home enforcers sighted along the said axis and other areas in the State were given a hot chase by Police operatives forcing them to flee with various degrees of gunshot injuries. More so, adequate proactive security measures have been emplaced to forestall future occurrences.
“The various stakeholders of Imo State are encouraged to talk to their subjects as Imo Police Command will not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with any subversive criminal syndicate or individual caught enforcing the unlawful sit-at-home order or perpetrating any other form of criminality,” the PPRO said.
