Following the release of a video online in which the chief made an “inciting statement,” the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) confirmed the chief’s arrest on April 1.
Following a video in which he allegedly threatened to invite members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protect the Igbos and their properties following a series of attacks on markets dominated by Igbo traders where their goods and properties were destroyed, Nwajagu was arrested in March by employees of the Department of State Services (DSS).
