Relocate or be treated like terrorists, Rivers CP tells IPOB
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan , has warned members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra to relocate from the state or risk being treated as terrorists .
According to a statement signed by the spokesman for the command , Nnamdi Omoni, the state police boss gave the warning after meeting with Divisional Police Officers and head of departments of the tactical units in the command on Thursday .
The CP also declared war against the miscreants who attacked and looted public and private properties , as well as burnt police stations , with three policemen hacked to death in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state .
Mukan gave officers of the command a marching order to deploy both intelligence and patrols teams across the command to ensure that looted items were recovered and the perpetrators arrested with immediate effect , noting that some of the suspects already arrested were being prosecuted.
The statement reads in part , “ The CP further warns members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra to relocate from the , state as machineries have been put in place to fish them out and deal with them as a terrorist group .
“ Again , the CP , for the umpteenth time , wishes to reiterate emphatically that Rivers State is not an IPOB state and will deal decisively with any group that carries out activities under that guise or any guise whatsoever.
“ IPOB has been outlawed by both the federal and state governments and to that extent it is non - existent anywhere else, including Rivers State . ”
The CP , however , urged parents and guardians in the state to caution their children and wards to be law - abiding or face the full wrath of the law .
Mukan enjoined residents of the state to increase their security consciousness and report any suspicious character as well as the whereabouts of looted property to the nearest police station .
