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■Group marches in Aba, vows to shut down city Monday

FROM: OKEY SAMPSON, ABA

Members of Indigenous People of Bi­afra (IPOB) on yesterday protested round the major streets of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State over the continued detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu of the Radio Bi­afra fame with a vow to shot down the city on Monday. This was in de­fiance of the warning of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase for the group to discon­tinue its violent protests across the South East.

The IGP had in a statement issued through the Spokes­person of the force, Olabisi Kolawole warned that the group should stop its protest as information suggested that members of IPOB were plan­ning to use dangerous weap­ons during its protest in some of the southeast states of the country.

The protest which started as early as 7.00am saw mem­bers of IPOB march peace­fully through the streets of Aba in their thousands, carrying Biafran flags, flex bearing the image of their detained leader and chanting solidarity songs.

They also carried placards some of which called on the Federal Government and other International bodies to come to their assistance in order to help them achieve a sovereign state of Biafra and the release of their leader, Kanu.

Sunday Sun gathered that as early as 7am the pro­testers had assembled at a location near Ariaria Inter­national market where they were at initial stage pre­vented from taking off by a combined team of Police and other security agencies.

However, between 11am and 12noon, members of IPOB re-grouped and went round Ariaria International market with a bell warning that the market would close for business on Monday for a proposed mega rally, stress­ing that anybody that would defy the order would be seen as anti Biafra.

After beating the security web, the group around noon took off from a different lo­cation to match along major streets of Aba, including Faulks road, Aba-Owerri, Aba-Ikot Ekpene among oth­er places, causing gridlock.

The group before heading back to town made a stop­over in front of the office of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA channel 6 Aba, located along the Aba- Ikot Ekpenne road. They were however prevented by the police to get close to the gate of the national televi­sion where they had wanted to voice out reasons for their peaceful protest.

Some of the protesters who spoke to our reporter said that they decided to em­bark on the protest as a mark of respect for their leader, Kanu who they said has been incarcerated by the federal government and was refused to be granted bail despite the peaceful path that he (Kanu) and other members of the group have chosen to let the world know the level of marginalization and dehu­manization the southeast and south-south states have suf­fered even when they were the gooses that lay the eggs other parts of the country are enjoying today.

“Look at the deplorable nature of our roads. Water in the south-south especially the oil producing states and communities have been pol­luted. Are we talking about gas flaring that is going on in these states? Farmers are not planting again because their farmlands are no longer pro­ducing. Poverty is eating up the people whose resources is being used to sustain the economy of the country.

“We have said it and we are going to continue saying it that we are tired of being part of the country called Ni­geria where things go wrong and when you ask questions, people will call for your head. This is just the beginning of the struggle and we shall con­tinue to push further until our leader (Kanu) is released and until the dream of our fore­fathers for the actualization and realization of a sovereign state of Biafra is realised. It is not going to come through a violent means, but a non-violent one; our forefathers have fought the war that we are supposed to fight, so any person thinking that Biafra is going to come through violent means is just wasting his or her precious time”, one of the protesters said.

Soldiers and policemen were stationed at strategy lo­cations of the city, but it was not clear whether there was any clash between the secu­rity agents and the protesters.

Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO DSP Ezekiel Udeviotu Onyeke could not be reached for com­ments, but a senior police of­ficer who wouldn’t want to be named said the presence of the police was to forestall any possible breakdown of law and order in the city.

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Cc: Lalasticlala, u sure say dem fit shut down Aba?

Setaje:
If the yorubas or igbos were the owners of Nigeria. We would not be better off.

But the other things that abokii can't hold us down on, we are much better.
Yoruba+Igbo

Trade
Commerce
Business
Education
Tourism
Lifestyle
Liberalism
Nollywood
Music
Sports

Even criminally minded, Yoruba+Igbo outsmart people easily.



Think of it for a while sha.

Shymm3x:
Lol.

Thanking a Fulani guy whose people are the owners of Nigeria smh.

I wonder oh.

Umu Chineke.

chukkiephil:
so how is this strategy going to affect the federal government more than the people that depend on the market for daily bread?? You guys should look for structures that will affect those ogas in abuja, cos Buhari no go send even if Una burn down Aba market!!

When the whole market isn't open.

Abia state government and FG won't task any of their daily fee again.
It will touch them small.

Besides, we are testing the waters, we have more bigger protests coming.

At this point, I felt unexpected pain in my knee, I had to backtrack back to my temporary abode.


To begin tomorrow and Monday...


To let you all know though, IPOB rules Biafraland, we tell em what to do, and no governor's order can keep it back from being carried our.




WE ORDERED ALL SHOPS and MARKETS TO BE CLOSED ON MONDAY.
MONDAY is a DAY of NO MOVEMENT. The Whole ABA as in its entirety, and feedback so far says people are agreeing to it.

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Now I must say this.

We walked at least half of Aba city, and I must confess, there were lots of construction works going on everywhere, I trekked to some areas that I have not been for some years, and massive construction, although they look slow to me, but lots of work going on.

People criticizing Ikpeazu should relax a bit for now. I don't have interest in any political person or do I support any party, but the truth must be said.
I decided to snap this one because, it is major federal road being reconstructed by Ikpeazu.

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lmm4real:
Big shop owners my Ass. Na so una talk the last time, but hw the war end? Make una go read history books

Shut up, fool, what do you uneducated monkeys know about history? Is it the one eroded from your syllabus or another one? What they feed you is it not disjointed cooked up lies.

"Month-end" people, history indeed.

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lmm4real:
Un mad man, go and hold ur governors responsible for ur plight and try get ur self a job while at it pls.

most of those 'jobless' people are big business owners in Enyimba city which I am part of. Don't take our resolve as joblessness, I can cater for you and your generations unborn.

No dare us, we no be "month-end" hopeless people who if not paid, the land will be filled with hungry dolts.

Here is the video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd7awgxtFUI&feature=youtu.be

another mad man

lmm4real:
Biafrans abi! Biafra what happened here.

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Abagworo:
They look like pictures taken towards evening around 5.45 pm. The look on the faces of passersby was more like "These people don come again".

Yes, I began snapping around 5pm or so, because I know Nairalanders must ask me of pictures.


On the contrary, people were cheering, raising their hands and singing with us.

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