Chief Fredrick Nwajagu, the embattled self-acclaimed Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, will be transferred to Abuja from the Lagos holding facility, Department of State Services DSS has said.
The Department of State Security (DSS) and the police had on Saturday arrested Chief Frederick Nwajagu, Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, for allegedly threatening to invited armed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB ) to Lagos.
The arrested Igbo leader had in a video, which went viral on the internet on Friday, called for the IPOB members to be brought to Lagos State to secure properties that belong to the Igbos.
However, a security source at the DSS Headquarters, on Saturday night during an interview with PUNCH said Nwajagu will be transferred to Abuja from the Lagos facility.
The source said, “He is in our custody in Lagos. We expect him to be taken to Abuja. He may not be alone.
“We have said before that there are people who are threatening the peace of the nation. The country will not allow anyone to plunge it into avoidable crisis.”