POLICE NAB PRO-BIAFRA MEMBER FOR PLOTTING SIT-AT-HOME IN ANAMBRA
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By: Motunrayo Aniwura
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested Friday Obeta, a member of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), over an alleged plot to enforce the May 30 sit-at-home directive declared by the pro-Biafran group.
The group had earlier announced May 30 as a sit-at-home day across the South-East in remembrance of those who died during the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the arrest of the 37-year-old suspect. He revealed that a motorcycle, a branded T-shirt, and an operational ID card belonging to the proscribed group were recovered from him.
Ikenga added that officers from the Rapid Response Squad, Nnewi Sector, apprehended Obeta following intelligence reports that he and his associates were planning to enforce the sit-at-home order.
The statement said, “Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Nnewi Sector, acting on credible information on how the proscribed Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra has set out plans to enforce sit-at-home on May 30, 2025, arrested one Friday Obeta aged 37 years and recovered one motorcycle, a branded t-shirt and an operational identification card of the proscribed organisation.
“The suspect confessed to being a member and an informant for the proscribed group and has made useful information that is aiding the investigation for the possible arrest of other gang members.
“To this end, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, charged the operatives to intensify their onslaught operations, given the suspect’s confessions.
“He further urged them to step up surveillance operations to thwart any unlawful gathering in the state.”
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