Obi Godson

  TROOPS ARREST CHIWETALU AGU WHILE SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR PROSCRIBED IPOB Troops of the Nigerian Army(NA) have arrested one Chiwetalu Agu while inviting members of the public and soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dressed in a very well-known attire of the proscribed group,  Chiwetalu Agu was picked up for questioning while inviting members of the public to join the proscribed group. Though he attempted to put up some resistance when troops made effort to take him into custody, he was not assaulted or subjected to brutalization.  While the NA recognizes the inalienable rights of the citizenry to freedom of movement and expression as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is apparently a violation for any individual or group to invite the public to cause mayhem or break down of law and order. It is therefore pertinent to state that while exercising such freedoms, it must be done within the confines of th...