Court Sends 32 MASSOB, BIM Members To Prison In Enugu

An Enugu North Magistrate Court has remanded 32 members of Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) in prison custody.

The accused persons, 30 males and two females, were arraigned by the police before the court on Thursday on a charge of treasonable felony.

They were accused of committing the offence, contrary to section 41(A) (B) of the criminal code CAP C38 laws of federation of Nigeria 2004 as applicable to Enugu state.

Following their arraignment, His Worship S. Okoro Esq, the presiding magistrate ordered that they should be remanded in prison custody while the police should transfer their case files to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Enugu State, for further advice.

The police immediately complied with the order of the court and remanded the accused persons in prison custody.

Meanwhile, Danmallam Mohammed, the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, has warned that his command would not tolerate any act or omission by any person or group of persons under any guise, which is capable of disrupting the existing peace in the state.

Mohammed also enjoined members of the public to go about their normal lawful businesses in the state.

He spoke at the state police headquarters Enugu shortly before the arraignment of some suspects, believed to be members of MASSOB and BIM.

The state police boss also threatened to unleash the full weight of the law on any person or group of persons caught in any habit or omission capable of disrupting the existing peace in the state.