Mr Sowore said had earlier been briefed that the hoodlums were mobilised by Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service (SSS).
“Let there be calm. If I’m IPOB leader, I will use the opportunity I am having to strategise for my people, hold the government of the eastern zone accountable.”
IPOB says it would enforce a total lockdown of the South-East if its leader Nnamdi Kanu was not produced in court on October 21.
One of the detainees was released to the French embassy in Thursday for medical attention but his expected to be returned for further investigation.
