It's a Lie, We Didn't Arraign Biafra Protesters Half-naked - Police

 

Rivers State Police Command has said it never arraigned 10 pro-Biafra protesters half-naked in court as was reported by some online publications.

 

Making the denial, the Rivers Police Command in a press statement issued by DSP Ahmad Muhammad, Police Public Relations, PPRO, said: “It is instructive to state categorically that the pictures displayed along the news item did not emanate from the Command. We are known for the respect and dignity given to suspects. A close look at the horrible pictures indicate that the people therein are more than ten as against the number stated in the news item.

According to the Police Command “The Rivers State Police as a responsible agency has never at any time paraded suspects in such a dehumanizing manner let alone arraigned them before a court of law like that. The Command viewed such publication as malicious and inept journalism.”

 

However, some pro-biafra supporters have described the statement issued by Muhammad as untrue, saying the pictures circulating on social media were true evidence of what happened. They said the police are trying to exonerate itself from the mess it created and argued why the police should arrest their members on a peaceful protest. The pro-Biafra supporters said no amount of government intimidation will stop from getting their freedom.

 

It would be recalled that the Command had on Wednesday January 20, 2015, arraigned 10 pro-Biafrans before magistrate courts 7 and 14 in Port Harcourt on two charge of criminal conspiracy and treasonable felony.