The Inspector-General of Police, SOLOMON ARASE has ordered a clampdown on persons or group of persons inciting violence and social disorder across the country.

The Inspector-General of Police, SOLOMON ARASE has ordered a clampdown on persons or group of persons inciting violence and social disorder across the country. The directive by I.G.P. ARASE is in response to activities of members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB and another group known as Indigenous People of Biafra. According to a statement released by the Force Public Relations Officer, OLABISI KOLAWOLE, the operational order empowers the police to arrest anybody fomenting any act of violence or disorder, or any act inimical to the security of the nation. The IGP warned that all person arrested for inciting violence, would be charged to court accordingly, irrespective of their class or status in the society.