Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has ordered an immediate clamp down on person or group of persons inciting violence and social disorder across the country.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Police boss said the directive becomes imperative owing to recent activities of members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafran (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in some parts of the country.
This operational order, according to Arase, empowers the police to arrest anybody fomenting any act of violence or disorder, or any act inimical to the security of the nation.
It however stated that so far the following arrest have been made; Anambra State – 4 ; Imo State – 6 ; Delta State – 11 and Abia State – 1.
The IGP further warns that all persons so arrested for inciting violence, irrespective of their class or status in the society would be charged to court accordingly.
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