The Police Command in Benue said on Wednesday that no flag of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was hoisted in Ado Local...
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene, via a text
message to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said no IPOB flag was hoisted at
Ado.
NAN reports that the Chairman of Ado Local Government Area,
Mr James Oche, had told newsmen that a group hoisted the proscribed IPOB flag
at Ekile in the council area on Sunday.
The command spokesperson, however, insisted that no IPOB
flag was hoisted in Ado or any part of the state.
Oche had alleged that some politicians plotting to
destabilise his administration instigated some people to hoist the IPOB flag in
the area.
Oche also alleged that the group invaded a market at Ekile,
beat up revenue collectors, claiming that the Nigerian Government and by
extension, the council could no longer collect revenue from the market.
“They said the revenue from the market will be put into IPOB
purse.
“When this happened, I sent policemen but they took
advantage of the #EndSARS protest, beat up the officers and almost took away
their guns but they managed to escape with their lives intact.
“I called on Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) – military
operation, and they were able to make an arrest. I have visited the area and
summoned a meeting of the elders of the area,’’ the chairman had said. (NAN)
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