There was drama in Obingwa LGA of Abia State on Friday as a meeting organised by members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at a community square was abruptly relocated to another venue.

The relocation followed the sudden arrival of operatives from the Abia State combined security outfit, Operation Crush, at the scene.

Although the Operation Crush personnel neither arrested nor molested any PDP member, their silent presence caused the crowd to disperse in various directions before regrouping at a private location where the meeting resumed.

It was gathered that the PDP meeting was a fallout of a solidarity visit paid to the former Governor of the State, Okezie Ikpeazu, by his former appointees a day earlier.

A senior official of Obingwa LGA, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stated that PDP did not obtain the necessary approval to hold the meeting in a public space, thereby posing a potential security risk.

He recalled that a regulation introduced by the immediate past administration had prohibited any political gathering in a public place without prior approval from the government.

However, the chairman of PDP in Obingwa LGA, Aham Egbulefu, insisted that his party had obtained approval before convening the disrupted meeting.

Meanwhile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Alex Otti, Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, remarked that the organisers of the meeting “did not mean well for Abia State” but were merely engaged in “content creating auditioning.”

The Department of State Services told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that the broadcasts by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, directly contributed to economic paralysis in the South-East region.

The fourth prosecution witness, a DSS operative codenamed Mr DDD for security reasons, testified before Justice James Omotosho, led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN).

Mr DDD, in his testimony, said Kanu’s broadcasts incited the enforcement of IPOB’s sit-at-home order through its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network.

“From my investigation, the defendant’s broadcasts directly contributed to economic paralysis in the South-East, as they fuelled the enforcement of IPOB’s sit-at-home order,”

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Commercial flight operations at the Wilberforce Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, Onueke, have commenced following successful rehabilitation of its runway and six months of charter test flights.
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Few days ago ‎the Commissioner for Aviation and Technology, Dr. Ngozi Obichukwu, revealed that United Nigeria Airlines will commence scheduled commercial flights from June 13, offering routes from Onueke to Abuja and Lagos and today that became a reality as first commercial flight has landed at the airport
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‎For now operations will run twice a week—Abuja flights on Mondays and Lagos flights on Fridays.
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‎ the commissioner for aviation in Ebonyi state, has stated that Honourable governor of Ebonyi Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru, has made air travel affordable by subsidizing ticket prices to a flat rate of ₦100,000 for both Lagos and Abuja routes—less than half the typical fare,” Dr. Obichukwu stated.
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‎The commissioner emphasized that Ebonyi State is set to leverage the airport’s cargo facilities for international export of agricultural produce and solid minerals, including yams, rice, cassava, salt, and limestone.

“We are in talks with partners from Dubai and Canada to establish cargo flight arrangements. Ebonyi is ready for global trade,”