FG has finally moved Boko Haram detainees out of South-East to Abuja

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, on Thursday said the reason why the planned protest by traders against the relocation of some Boko Haram suspects to Anambra State did not hold in the state was because the suspects had already been taken to Abuja. 

Speaking to journalists during an inspection tour of ongoing projects in Abakaliki, the governor said, “The traders have the right to protest but there was no need for the protest because we (South-East governors) had enjoined the Federal Government not to relocate any Boko Haram prisoner to any prison in the South-East. 

Those suspects brought to Anambra State have been taken back to Abuja. “The state decided against the protest for the reason that the governors of the region had intimated the Presidency on their opinion on the matter, and so no need for anyone to encourage people of the state to take to the streets.”

 Umahi said that risking the lives of the people of the state on the streets was not the best. According to reports, the planned protest by the traders was expected to take place simultaneously across the five states of the South-East.