Biafra Threat: Imo Tightens Security Around Govt House............. BY Stanley Uzoaru — March 21, 2014....................Following the widely reported threat by a faction of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) which calls itself, the Biafra Zionist Federation (BZF) to hoist its flag at the Government Houses of the south east states, the Imo State government has tightened security in and around Government House, Owerri. LEADERSHIP Friday checks revealed that stern looking security agents now man the entrance of Imo Government House and some strategic places in the state to avoid being caught napping by the Biafran group. The leadership of the BZF which admitted being responsible for the attack at the Government House of Enugu State had also said in the media, that their next target is Owerri, the Imo State capital. In a statement signed by the senior special assistant to the governor on media, Sam Onwuemeodo , urged the people of the state not to panic as their lives and property would be protected. The statement reads in part, “All the security agencies in the state have been alerted of this threat, and they will work in tandem with other agencies of the state government to ensure that the long existing peace in the state, is not brought under any threat or jeopardy by any group, no matter which name, such group goes with. Imo State is known as the most peaceful state in the federation, if not in Africa, and the visionary and people oriented government of Owelle Rochas Okorocha has continued to ensure that the state remains peaceful, and any attempt by any group to harm the peace of the state will be resisted.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:42:13 +0000
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