Pro-Biafra protesters on Wednesday, took its agitation to Alaba International Market, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos, in a mega rally to call for the immediate and unconditional release of Radio Biafra Director and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The protest which commenced Wednesday morning grounded vehicular and commercial activities in the area.
IPOB had in a statement yesterday disclosed that it will hold its rally along the Alaba International Market axis, as well as visit several Embassies and High Commissions, the Amnesty International and UN offices, in Victoria Island and Ikoyi axis of Lagos, to deliver protest letters.
Meanwhile, armed Policemen, Vanguard gathered, were at the scene of the protest to ensure there was no breakdown of law and order.
The Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC yesterday said in a statement by its Publicity Secretary in Lagos, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, warned MASSOB and IPOB not to “plunge Lagos into crisis as the state would not take kindly to such a nefarious plan.”
Igbokwe said the protesters were sponsored by aggrieved politicians who wanted to disrupt the peace in the state.
He reminded pro-Biafran agitators that Lagos is a South-West state and had nothing to do with their cause.
The party warned leaders in Igbo-dominated markets not to be involved in the plot or allow their markets to be used for such dangerous activities as the state “will not hesitate to not only show such market leaders the exit from such markets but will take measures to ensure that such markets are not used as hatcheries for dangerous activities.”