This report was published on 2nd of July , 2018 by Emmanuel Njoegbu
IPOB CRISIS: KINGSLEY UWABOR DECLARED WANTED
A resident of Ebeniuwa Street, off Innebisi Road, Asaba Delta State, Mr. Kingsley Uwabor was on the 2nd, July 2018, declared wanted by the Delta State Police Commissioner, CP. Muhammad Mustafa over his alleged involvement in the activities of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB).
Ika Weekly Newspaper Correspondent while gathering this report, learnt that the wanted person, Kingsley is an active member of the IPOB, a very strong socio-cultural and political group operating in the South East of Nigeria, advocating the secession from the federation of Nigeria. The group had expressed strong terms through protests and other forms of peaceful aggitations of their desire and wishes which is to restore and structure the Nation. It is an autonomous and sovereign Nation governed independendly by the indigenous citizens of the six States of Biafra.
It was also gathered that the Nigeria Government perceiving the Biafran Protesters and their activities as subversive and dangerous to the peaceful and unitd existence of the country, has been carrying out strong measures of reprisal against them. The federal Government took very drastic and immediate steps, outlawing even when it was manifestly clear and plain to the eyes of the people and press of Nigeria that the group never indulged in any acts of terrorism against the Nation, but were using peaceful and nonviolent means to advocate its demands.
Newsmen also confirmed that the federal Government used law enforcement agents such as officers of the Nigeria Police Force and Soldiers to clamp down the alleged IPOB members and their supporters, killing some members the group and committing others to various jail terms with inhuman conditions.
Speaking with Newsmen, the Delta State Police Command's Public Relations Officer, CSP. Onome Onovwakpoyeya described the activities of the IPOB members in the country as disastrous, stressing that the wanted persons, such as Mr. Kingsley Uwabor, Mr. Peters Moses and others must face the wrath of the law if apprehended so as to be used as deterrent to others who take laws into hands.
He noted that the protest first took place on the 10th of January, 2018 along the Head Bridge in Asaba, the Capital of Delta State where most of the protesters including Kingsley were arrested and taken to Police Custody for more investigation. He said that Kingsley and his friend, Peters were arrested alongside other protesters, noting that they have all been on detention since their arrest on that fateful day in January 2018 before Kingsley and Peters got to escape from the Police Station on the said date in the month of July, 2018.
He therefore charged anyone with useful information that can lead to the arrest of Kingsley and other wanted persons to report immediately to any nearby Police Stations.
