Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The week began last Sunday, 9 February, when gunmen reportedly "abducted" the National President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Igboayaka Igboayaka, in Imo State.

OYC is the youth wing of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.

But the police in Ebonyi, another state in the South-east, later confirmed that their operatives, not gunmen, arrested Mr Igboayaka.

The police explained that the arrest followed a petition by an unnamed government official against the youth leader over his remarks on the recent attack and killings in Amegu Nkalagha Community in Ebonyi State.

The Coordinator of Ishielu North Development Centre in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Emeka Odanwu, late...