Nigeria: VON DG Advises IPOB Against Threat to Lock Down South-East

2 August 2021

Enugu — The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has advised the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against its plan to lock down the South-east region every Monday until its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is released from detention.

Okechukwu gave the advice in a statement made available to journalists yesterday in Enugu following the proposed lockdown move in the region as well as Delta and Rivers States.

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