RSHA Backs Govt’s Proscription Of IPOB

In view of the prevailing security situation in the state and the country in general, the principal officers and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, have thrown their weight behind the proscription of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra( IPOB).
Against this backdrop, they called on the people of their constituencies to maintain peace and desist from being misled by those who do not mean well for the state.
The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi Owaji-Ibani who during a press conference, last Monday read a statement jointly signed by the 32 members of the House condemned the violence that was orchestrated by members of the proscribed IPOB and other miscreants that has led to loss of lives and properties in the state.
Rt .Hon. Owaji-Ibani said the lawmakers jointly stood with the governor in his efforts to maintain peace especially the revalidation of the proscription of IPOB.
The speaker said the House supported all peaceful agitations and called on those who have used the opportunity of the protest to commit crime to have a change of heart in the interest of all.
He expressed the House’s sober mood consoled with the families of all those who lost their loved ones during the protest .