Pro-Trump Rally: S'East Senators Condemn Killing Of Biafrans In P'Harcourt, Say It Clearly Questions Nigeria's Unity
The South-East Senate caucus, yesterday, condemned the alleged killing of unarmed members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said to be holding a pro-Trump rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by members of security agencies.

The South-East Senators have also called on the Federal Government to carry out a holistic investigation into the allegations of deliberate application of excessive force by security agencies in the containment of peaceful assembly, particularly when groups from the South East are involved, with particular reference to the latest action.

In a statement in Abuja, weekend, Chairman of the South East Caucus, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe noted that security agencies applying excessive force in a peaceful rally was reprehensible and questioned what the Senators called an emerging pattern in the containment of peaceful assembly in Nigeria.

Abaribe, who noted that the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended provides for the freedom of association and the right of the people to freely assemble to express their common interest, said: “The last time I checked, that section of the constitution is still intact and has not been amended. It is therefore worrisome that the rights of a section of Nigerians would be so wilfully denied with such extra force.

“If the report of killings by the security agencies were to be confirmed, it would no doubt leave a gaping hole in the unity of this country.

This is one regrettable action too many, coming against the backdrop of the recent report of the Amnesty International, AI, of mass killings of people from the same section of the populace in Nigeria.”