Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has signed an executive order to reinforce the ban on the Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra, IPOB in the State.
Wike in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri maintained that Rivers State remains the home to all tribes and ethnic nationalities.
The governor further stated that his Government acknowledge the enormous contributions from non-indigenes to the political, social and economic development of the State.
However, Wike noted that his administration will neither accept nor allow any group from within and outside to violate the peace, endanger lives and property under any guise in the State.
He stressed that the state government have everything against the presence and activities of the legally proscribed and anarchic Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and whatever that group stands for in Rivers State
Wike described IPOB as a terrorist group whose existence, creed, mission and activities are strongly denounced even by the Government and peoples of the South-Eastern States of the country.
Governor Wike said he has also directed security agencies and the Chairmen of Local Government Areas to fish out and resolutely deal with any member of IPOB found in any community in terms with the executive order and other legal instruments.
In another development, the Governor has directed the Rivers State Civil Service Commission to take immediate steps to employ 5000 youths into teaching and other career positions in the State’s Civil Service as an immediate measure to reduce the level of youth unemployment.
