Biafra: 1 Div GOC warns on treasonable agitation in North

Following the widespread agitation for secession of the South-east from Nigeria by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade has warned that the Army will not condone any treasonable agitation in the North-west.
Re-echoing the Army Headquarters’ warning while addressing journalists at the 1 Division headquarters in Kaduna on Friday, the GOC declared that any such agitation in the North-west and some of parts of the North-Central zones of the country will be treated as treasonable felony.
Maj-Gen Oyebade further warned soldiers and officers under his command to be non-partisan, should there be such agitation or conflict.
 “Under my command, we shall not condone any form of security threat to lives and property. Whenever troops are deployed to crisis zones, they are duty-bound to halt the break-down of law and order,” he said.