The police in Imo, on Friday, arrested some women protesting over the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly conducting an unlawful assembly.
The women, who identified themselves as the Women Wing of IPOB, had insisted that no election would be conducted in states championing the cause of Biafra, and accused the Nigerian Government of hiding their erstwhile leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
They carried placards with inscriptions such as ‘No More Election in Igbo Land’; ‘We Want Biafra’; ‘Nigeria is a Fraud’, ‘We Need Biafra’; ‘No More Elections’; ‘We Need A Referendum’, among others.
Commenting on the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Andrew Enwerem, said the women were arrested for conducting an illegal assembly and holding an unlawful protest.