The Delta State Police Force on Sunday evening arrested no fewer than 100 young men and ladies alleged to be members of the Movement for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for arranging an unlawful assembly in lieu of the petitions written to the Inspector General of Police IGP, Solomon Arase by concerned Nigerians.
The suspects, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Celestina Kalu confirmed were arrested in an undisclosed location within Asaba by a combined team of conventional and mobile policemen.
The suspects were arrested while holding a meeting at Oneh Primary School, Asaba, the state capital. Those arrested included men, women and children.
Speaking further, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state Mrs. Celestina Kalu said investigations has commenced but refused to disclose the area where the suspects were arrested, saying that the police were keeping it secret.
Investigations revealed that the group members were arrested inside the abandoned Asaba textile mill premises at the peak of their meeting where it was presumed to be sinister and unlawful.
One of the group members who escaped arrest but spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity said “I jumped through the fence on a head breath when I noticed policemen presence and they swooped on my other members, I do not know how they got the information that we were inside the premises where the gates were locked”.