The Nigerian army on Saturday reportedly stormed their venue of meeting while they were praying, they were allegedly assaulted before they were taken away to an unknown destination in hilux vans.
Immediately after their arrest on Saturday 22-10-2016 they were taken to Army Barrack by PDP road, after which they were transferred to Otiotio by the former JTF on Sunday 23-10-2016.
They were thereafter transferred to Igbogana same Sunday afternoon.
According to IPOB, the Nigerian army over fear of possible indictment by Amnesty International
were forced not to eliminate the abducted members as originally planned, as a result of the
alarm raised by IPOB world wide to various international human rights organisation and media outlets.
We further gathered that they were moved quite early yesterday's morning from an inside source
for an emergency court arraignment. They were arraigned at Yenagoa Magistrate court close to State CID - Court 5 and charged with 3 count of:
(1) Conduct likely to cause confusion in the
State.
(2) Illegal Assembly and holding illegal meeting.
(3) Belonging to Illegal organization (IPOB).
They were surprisingly granted bail with non-stringent conditions to the bewilderment of all present in court. They were asked to provide one
surety with a proof of legitimate means of livelihood and must be resident within the state.
The bail conditions have all been perfected as at the time of publishing this report and all the 44
IPOB members abducted have been released.
However, the case was adjourned to the 14th of November, 2016 for hearing.
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