IGP DIRECTS OPERATION ROUND UP PERSONS INCITING VIOLENCE NATIONWIDE
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase NPM Fdc has ordered an immediate clamp down on person or group of persons inciting violence and social disorder across the country.
This directive becomes imperative owing to recent activities of members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafran (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in some parts of the country.
This operational order empowers the police to arrest anybody fomenting any act of violence or disorder, or any act inimical to the security of the nation. So far the following arrest have been made viz ; Anambra State – 4 ; Imo State – 6 ; Delta State -11 and Abia State – 1.
The IGP further warns that all person so arrested for inciting violence, irrespective of their class or status in the society would be charged to court accordingly.
Ag. ACP OLABISI KOLAWOLE
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA