Wike Orders Arrest of Biafra Agitators

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has issued a directive to security agencies in the state to arrest Biafra agitators who have resorted to illegal procession and assault on law abiding citizens. In a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Dr. Austin Tam-George, the governor made it clear that, “It has come to the attention of the Rivers State government that some Biafra agitators have resorted to illegal processions, and have assaulted law abiding citizens and residents of the state.” The statement further reads: “Governor Nyesom Wike strongly condemns the acts of criminality perpetrated by Biafra agitators by whatever name, in the Oyigbo area of the state. “The government has directed all security agencies in the state to arrest and prosecute all Biafra agitators who flout the ban on illegal separatist processions and demonstrations in Rivers State.”