The OurMumuDonDo Movement has denounced what it termed the militarization of South-East Nigeria following the Nigerian Army's recent invasions of the residence of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and the Abia State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).

In a statement released on Wednesday by the National Secretary of the pro-democracy movement, Raphael Adebayo, the group said, “We consider this move an aberration that must be strongly condemned in a democratic environment like ours.”

The group stated that the invasions of the Biafran agitator’s Abia State home and the NUJ office led to the destruction of property and created “unnecessary panic” in the state.

The Nigerian Army’s storming of Mr. Kanu’s residence on Sunday led to a clash between Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members and soldiers. Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu subsequently imposed a two-day curfew on residents of the state.

“The good people of Abia State deserve better than the undue panic under which they have been placed since the invasion, which has completely restricted them from going about their daily activities freely like they used to,” the statement read.

The group said that although it understands the federal government’s concern over ethnic and separatist violence, the government should first and foremost be preoccupied with protecting the lives and properties of Nigerian citizens.

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