Rivers- Saturday 10, April 2021: Nyesom Wike, the Executive Governor of Rivers State, has placed a ban on a proposed meeting by a group called United Igbo Community in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state.

The meeting comprising Igbo residents was scheduled to be held today, Saturday.

It was gathered that the ban came amidst concerns that the meeting could spark a fresh unrest in the area.

A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, stated that the governor directed security agencies to ensure that the planned meeting does not hold in a bid to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the area.

The governor had in October, 2020, declared a 24-hour curfew in Oyigbo after a police station was attacked by hoodlums.

The governor, who said Rivers won’t allow troublemakers to take the law into their own hands also declared a N50 million bounty on a leader of the pro-Biafra group, Indigenous People of Biafra, in the state, one Stanley Mgbere.