The Rivers State Government has placed a ban on a planned meeting of some Igbo residents in the Oyigbo Local Government Area over fears that such meeting could spark fresh unrest in the area.

The meeting by a group known as the United Igbo community is scheduled to hold at Oyigbo on Saturday, April 10, 2021.

In a statement signed by the commissioner for information and communications, Paulinus Nsirim the government directed security agencies “to ensure that the said meeting does not hold to forestall a breakdown of law and order in the area”.


Though the government is not specific about any security concern, Oyigbo local government area which shares boundary with Abia state is considered a stronghold of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a proscribed group which the police claims is responsible for the attacks on police officers and its facilities in the area shortly after the #EndSARS protest in October 2020.


Apart from the fragile nature of Oyigbo following the October incident, the meeting of the Igbo community is coming up at a time when the nation is grappling with attacks on police formations in Imo, which happens to be another south-east state that shares a boundary with Rivers.

https://www.channelstv.com/2021/04/09/rivers-govt-bans-meeting-of-igbo-group-in-oyigbo/

Wike. If I see any ipob in Rivers state henn? Den go regret the day den mama born dem

jlinkd78:
Wike is gradually pushing his hate for d Igbos too far. Unfortunately his Igbophobic disposition must haunt him sooner or later. Freedom of assembly is a constitutional right. Isn't it clear now that Wike was actually hating d entire Igbos not just IPOB. You are here making reference to a police report that indicted IPOB during EndSars where as the same unprofessional allegations in d Imo police headquarters has clearly shown IPOB is innocent

BluDesk:




Keep deceiving yourself.


Let them enter bus and go to Abia to hold their nonsensical meeting.

Juliusmalema:
Wike will soon be done and dusted.


Let the people hold the meeting and decide who to give their votes..

Moreover, Powers should be shifted to the Riverine..


Enough of murderers holding onto power....Wike is a killer.

plaindealer:

November1857:
Shut up ! Are you from Rivers

BluDesk:




Keep deceiving yourself.


Let them enter bus and go to Abia to hold their nonsensical meeting.

garfield1:
90% of igbos in rivers will vote apc.amechi must be celebrating right now

BluDesk:



Back to you. Are you from Rivers?

Nigeriabiafra82:

So someone will leave his community to hold meeting in another
State because of wike

Wike should come to obigbo and stop the meeting

Juliusmalema:
Wike will soon be done and dusted.


Let the people hold the meeting and decide who to give their votes..

Moreover, Powers should be shifted to the Riverine..


Enough of murderers holding onto power....Wike is a killer.

November1857:
No but from South south..

Nigeriabiafra82:

So someone will leave his community to hold meeting in another
State because of wike

Wike should come to obigbo and stop the meeting

Nigeriabiafra82:

Make I gist you small what happened when wike security outfits went in search of ESN at Eleme

Some are now tendering their resignation letter
If they go after herdsmen no p
But ESN

lastmessenger:
[s]He should learn from other sellout from the south. Ken saro wiwa was used like this and was later dumped and killed.
History helps us to predict the future.[/s]