The governor said the state will continue to subscribe to the supremacy of the Nigerian Constitution and work with the federal government to forestall seccessionist threats.
The governor also noted that the clash is directly linked to the deployment of soldiers across South-East as part of the rejuvenated Operation Python Dance.
The curfew begins at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday and will last until September 14. The announcement comes amidst growing skirmish between Nigerian soldiers and pro-Biafra separatists led by Nnamdi Kanu.
Soldiers clashed with the separatists this afternoon, two days after similar clash left at least three persons injured, including a policeman and a soldier. Mr. Kanu’s lawyers say the IPOB leader had been placed on house arrest in his ancestral neighborhood of Afaraukwu, a suburb of Umuahia, the state capital
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