The director Army Public Relations officer, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu confirmed the arrest stating that the popular Nollywood actor was inciting members of the public and drumming support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB).
The Nigeria Army further stated that he, Chiwetalu agu was never assaulted nor brutalized by men of the force but the actor at first tried to resist arrest.
Chiwetalu agu was arrested by men of the Nigerian Army for putting on what appears to be the uniform of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in public.
