Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, UmuahiaSoldiers attached to the Goodluck Jonathan Army Barracks, 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Abia State, have reportedly arrested five members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Aba. The IPOB members were alleged to be part of the pro-Biafra group that disrupted a church service at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Abayi, Ariaria, in the Osisioma Local Government Area on January 27. Investigation by Saturday PUNCH revealed that the atmosphere in the church got charged when some of the IPOB members, who were also present, prevented a politician in the state from addressing the church. It was gathered that the IPOB members insisted that they would rather have a referendum than being part of the 2019 elections in Abia and other states in the South-East. The source, , who did not want to be named, said, “At the scene, it was reported that IPOB members were shouting no elections in Biafra land and also attempted to beat the pastor, Rev.

Source: Punch February 02, 2019 00:33 UTC