Weighing in on the matters concerning the arrests of residents in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, the King of Oyigbo town, Eze Mike Nwaji, has appealed to the residents, who go round identifying IPOB members, to stop, as the main culprits have fled.

Nwaji has asked that the soldiers handle the matter in a more professional matter, stating that since the activities of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been proscribed, there is no need for the gratuitous house-to-house search by the military.

He said, “Even if the person is a member of IPOB, I overheard the governor said that the activities of IPOB in Rivers State has been proscribed. I didn’t hear the governor say search them from house to house, but the governor said their activities, meetings, gatherings.

“So, any person going round and telling soldiers to come and see IPOB (should stop); the main people who committed the offence had all run away.”