The Nigerian army on Saturday
reportedly
stormed their venue of meeting
while they
were praying, they were allegedly
assaulted
before they were taken
away to an unknown
destination in hilux vans.
Immediately after their arrest
on Saturday
22-10-2016 they were taken
to Army Barrack by
PDP road,after which
they were transferred
to Otiotio by the former JTF
on Sunday 23-10-2016.
They were thereafter
transferred to Igbogana
same Sunday afternoon.
According to IPOB, the Nigerian
army over fear
of possible indictment by
Amnesty International
were forced not to eliminate
the abducted members
as originally planned, as a
result of the alarm raised by
IPOB world wide to various
international human
rights organisation and media
outlets.
We further gathered that they
were moved quite early
yesterday's morning from an
inside source for an emergency
court arraignment. They were
arraigned at Yenagoa
Magistrate court close to State
CID - Court 5 and
charged with 3 count of:
(1) Conduct likely to cause
confusion in the State.
(2) Illegal Assembly and
holding illegal meeting.
(3) Belonging to Illegal
organization (IPOB).
They were surprisingly
granted bail with non-stringent
conditions to the bewilderment
of all present in court.
They were asked to provide
one surety with a proof of
legitimate means of livelihood
and must be resident
within the state.
The bail conditions have all been
perfected as
at the time of publishing this
report and all the
44 IPOB members abducted
have been released.
However, the case was
adjourned to the 14th of
November, 2016 for hearing.
Source:Oriental Times
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