Police, 2baba reach agreement on protest

The Lagos state police command has granted 2baba the permission to lead the planned protest scheduled for Monday, February 6.

Fatai Owoseni who is the commissioner of the Lagos state police earlier issued a statement banning any anti-government protest in the state but on Friday, February 3, the state rescinded its threat.

The commissioner explained that the police was concerned about the safety of Lagosians because a pro-government group planned to stage a protest on the same and worried that there might be a clash as hoodlums may hijack the rally.

The Nation reports that Owoseni met with the 2baba camp where it was agreed that instead of a demonstration, the protesters would meet at a point and read out their demands.

He said: “We had a meeting with the protesters and we explained to them why we advised against the protest. A pro-government group wants to protest that same day and we don’t want a situation where there would be friction.

“We also don’t want hooligans to hijack the process and injure the protesters.

“After explaining to them, they said they will go back and discuss with others. They said if they decide to go ahead, they won’t demonstrate but would assemble at a point and read their demands.

“That notwithstanding, we have resolved to provide security for them. It is our responsibility and we won’t shy away from it. We will ensure trouble makers do not hijack the process.”

The federal government had also insisted that it was not against the protest as citizens have a right to association.

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2,000 Igbo youths have been killed by Nigerian army - NGO

A non-governmental organization, Campaign for Democracy (CD), has claimed that no fewer than 2,000 Igbo youths had been killed by the Nigerian army under the guise of rule-of-engagement.

2,000 Igbo youths have been killed by Nigerian army - NGO

The group, therefore, called on the United Nations (UN), International Criminal Court (ICC), the United States, other world bodies and their leaders to take note of such ‘man’s inhumanity to man’ being meted to defenseless Nigerians, especially the Pro-Biafrans

In a statement issued Wednesday, January 4, in Onitsha, Anambra state, by CD’s national publicity secretary, Dede Uzor, he noted that the massacre of over 800 Christians in Southern Kaduna required a thorough investigation to unmask the brain behind such cruel act.

Uzor called on the national assembly to include members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Igbo youths as members of the panel that would probe the recent killings in Southern Kaduna.

The NGO group opined that if the national assembly resumed from both the Christmas and New Year break, it would be ideal to include all pro-Biafra groups and Igbo youths in the panel, to avoid being lopsided.

Uzor added that the vow by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to set up a high-powered investigative team to ascertain the circumstances surrounding such a high volume of killing of Christians was a step in the right direction.

The statement further noted ‎that since the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, IPOB’s national coordinator; Benjamin Onwuka, leader of Biafra Zionists Movement (BZM) whose over 100 members are currently languishing in various prison custodies, and other Igbo activists, no fewer than 2,000 Igbo youths had been killed by the Nigerian army, under the so-called Rule-of-Engagement.

Uzor said: “It is on record that two years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership has witnessed the highest number of killings of innocent Nigerians than the previous 17 years of uninterrupted democracy and past military administrations put together.”

Meanwhile, the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has raised allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has a secret detention centre managed by the Department of State Services (DSS).

In a statement, signed by Emma Powerful who is the spokesperson of IPOB, he said the detention centre was being used to coach foreign witnesses who will testify against Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra when he appears in court.

Watch a protest video by Igbo youths protesting below:

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