The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Thursday
briefed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the outbreak of violence in
some parts of Abia.
After the briefing, Mr. Idris told
State House Correspondents that the police was adopting a three-pronged
approach to resolve the crisis.
"The strategy we are
using is to ensure that we deploy policemen throughout the
country.“Secondly, we are in touch with the government.
"We
are trying to mobilise the political leadership to be able to intervene
where necessary in how to reduce the tension that is already taking
place in the South-east.”
The crisis in Abia
escalated on Tuesday after soldiers deployed to the stated confronted
supporters of the separatist group, IPOB. Each party has accused the
other of causing the violence.
The violence worsened
on Thursday when a police station was burnt down allegedly by IPOB
supporters in Aba, the commercial centre of Abia State. Hausas living in
the state were also reportedly targeted by the suspected IPOB members
who are demanding an independent Igbo country of Biafra.
It
was also gathered, that the police and government officials in northern
states like Kaduna and Plateau have since moved to ensure the violence
in Abia does not lead to retaliatory attacks in their states.
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