The Nigeria
Police Command in Delta State has arrested and arraigned 60 pro-Biafra
activists in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta
State on charges of “cultism” and “unlawful assembly”, and “terrorism”.
The suspects were said to have allegedly
assembled for a meeting in the community on Tuesday, January 4, 2016
when the Nigeria Police acted on a tip-off and arrested them in their
hideout, The People’s Daily reports.
The activists were arraigned on
Thursday at the Ogwashi-Uku Magistrate Court for four-count charges
which bothered on illegal assembly, cultism, and others punishable under
the new anti-cultism and terrorism law of Delta State 2016 recently
signed into law by the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.
Upon the charges read before the
accused, the presiding magistrate of the court, chief magistrate Saduna
Aninie with the Charge Suit No: M/O/C/2017, said the court lacks the
jurisdiction to entertain the case and directed the case file be
transferred to the office of the State Director of Public Prosecution
(DPP) for advice and remanded the accused persons to prison custody.
It was reliably gathered that the
accused persons were raided in their hideout in a popular hotel (name
withheld) in the community where they were allegedly a meeting. The raid
was conducted by a combined team of soldiers and police detectives.
Andrew Aniamaka, spokesperson of the
Delt State Police Command, confirmed that the raid was carried in the
community (Ogwashi-Uku), Ibusa and some communities in Ndokwa axis.
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