…we fought for the release of the
women – IPOB lawyer
112 pro-Biafra Imo women who were
arrested, detained and remanded in Owerri prison for participating in a
peaceful protest to demand the whereabouts of the leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has claimed responsibility for the release of the 112 Pro Biafra women that were incarcerated in the state, after a peaceful protest in Owerri.
Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has claimed responsibility for the release of the 112 Pro Biafra women that were incarcerated in the state, after a peaceful protest in Owerri.
Hotunz Blog gathered Saturday in
Owerri that not only Okorocha, other politicians in the state, seeking elective
positions had also claimed how they single-handedly struggled for the pro
Biafra women to be freed from Owerri prison. This is coming after Okorocha had
been bashed by Pro Biafra groups for allowing Biafra supporters get arrested
and imprisoned in a state he is governing.
Recall Hotunz Blog reported that the
Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign Stare of Biafra, MASSOB, under
Uchenna Madu, called on Okorocha to apologize to Igbo leaders on the arrest and
incarceration of Pro Biafra women in Owerri Prison. But immediately after the
Women were freed by a high court in Owerri, unconditionally, the story changed
that it was as a result of Okorocha’s intervention.
Swiftly, the Imo state Police Public
Relation Officer, PPRO, Andrew Enwerem, wound up with a release crediting the
outcome to Okorocha and the state Commissioner of Police, Dazuki Galadanchi.
According to the statement, “Release of the detained IPOB women, the Imo State
Governor, His Excellency, Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha, OON in collaboration
with the Commissioner of Police, Imo State, CP Dasuki D. Galadanchi has
graciously intervened in the immediate and unconditional release of the over
100 IPOB women who were remanded by the court in Owerri for unlawful assembly
and breach of public peace.
“The magnanimous intervention for
the release was sequel to appeals by concerned individuals who had promised
that there will be no repeat of such public disorder in the State by the
proscribed group. “The Commissioner of Police, CP Dasuki Galadanchi has advised
that there would be no meaningful development in the State without an
atmosphere of peace and tranquility.
“The Commissioner of Police warned
that the Police Command will not accommodate lawlessness and attempts by any
person or group of persons whose stock in trade is to cause mischief and
breakdown of law and order in the State.” However, in what seems like putting
the record straight, Lawyer to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi
Ejiofor, told Vanguard that, “The attention of IPOB legal team has been drawn
to injurious falsehood making round the social media platforms and news prints,
to the effect that some people have represented themselves to the general
public as IPOB lead Counsel that played active role in the release of IPOB
women, and discharged by Imo state Chief magistrate court.
“As IPOB general counsel, I led
other distinguished IPOB lawyers throughout the proceedings at Owerri Magistrate
court, filed necessary processes before the High Court of Imo state for their
releaese. “Through which medium the AG Imo state became fully seized of the
facts of the gross violation of the fundamental rights of our mothers, and
inhuman treatment meted out to them by the Nigerian police.”
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