The Rivers State Government has stopped a planned meeting of some Igbo residents in the Oyigbo Local Government Area, citing fears that the gathering could spark fresh unrest in the area.
The United Igbo community meeting was originally scheduled for today at Oyigbo.
Information and Communication Commissioner, Paulinus Nsirim, said government has directed security agencies “to ensure that the said meeting does not hold to forestall a breakdown of law and order in the area.”
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He did not elaborate on the security concern.
Oyigbo local government area shares boundary with Abia State which is considered a stronghold of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The group is being accused of lawlessness in the state and Imo.
However, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State won’t escape the judgment of God and people over the killings in Obigbo area of the state.
Kanu said those who lost their loved ones in Obigbo were determined to unleash vengeance on Wike, his children and collaborators.
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The IPOB leader disclosed this while accusing Wike of ordering the murder of Obigbo residents.
He made the claim in a statement he personally signed.
According to Kanu: “Everybody that has a hand in the ongoing Obigbo genocide must know that vengeance is coming, it’s not a matter of if but when. And when it does come, apologists of Wike and the army must remember what happened at Obigbo.
“There were riots and disturbances all over Nigeria. Nigerian army and police have killed and continue to kill hundreds of young people and in retaliation young people attacked police stations. To single out the inhabitants of Obigbo for extermination is a vicious and evil undertaking and a calculated attempt by Wike to please his Fulani masters and Britain that tried but failed to exterminate the Igbo race between 1966-70. Obigbo will not die, it shall rise again because the blood of the innocent is crying out for revenge.
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“Vengeance is coming and with it the judgment of God. Those children in Obigbo murdered by Wike have nephews and cousins who are so embittered to the point that they can no longer be controlled. I feel sorry for Wike, his children and all collaborators in this brutal genocide.
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