The group cautioned that nothing must happen to Nnamdi Kanu, adding that Nigeria’s security situation is disturbing.
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Ms Okolie, a native of Umutanza in Imo State, was arrested following ongoing investigations and implementation of the special operation, Operation Restore Peace, set up to, amongst other things, break the information, drugs and arms supply chain to the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network in the South-East region.
Despite the suspension, many people remained indoors for fear the unexpected might happen to them.
The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
Three buses were reportedly set ablaze in the industrial city of the state while a Toyota Camry vehicle was seen abandoned along the street with the driver said to have fled.
The group said it would announce the new date for the commencement of the exercise later.
The government’s directive was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Chief Okiyi Kalu
In a statement, Ejiofor said he had finally been allowed to see Kanu “after weeks of speculations and uncertainties”
Okechukwu gave the advice in a statement on Sunday in Enugu.
The IPOB’s made the declaration in a statement by its Media and Public Affairs Secretary, Emma Powerful, on Friday.
Kanu is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony brought against him by the FG over his campaign for the Republic of Biafra
This was disclosed by a member of the proscribed organisation, Simon Ekpa, on Tuesday.
Mostly affected were the commercial centres of Onitsha and Nnewi where major markets were shut.
It described the development as “an abuse of power and an affront to media freedom.”
The activists had staged a protest in solidarity with the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who is undergoing trial.
Sowore was said to have been arrested on Monday while attending the court trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Ezeife told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he was in court to represent the Ndigbo (the people of Igbo extraction worldwide).
Daily Trust reports that security operatives have cordoned off the entrance to the Federal High Court in Abuja venue of the trial, just as vehicles loaded with operatives of the Nigeria Police and the Department of States Services (DSS) are preventing “unaccredited” journalists and members of the public from accessing the court.
Kanu was arrested and extradited to Nigeria as announced by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
Senator Abaribe had stood surety for Kanu before the latter jumped bail and fled the country in 2017.