Policemen in Enugu Monday arrested over 500 persons believed to be the members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra for allegedly being part of the re-declaration of Biafra Sovereign State.
The group under the aegis of Biafra Zionist Movement had converged on an open field in Coal Camp area of Enugu displaying Biafran, American, and Israeli flags and was later addressed by their leader, Mr. Ben Onwuka.
Policemen led by the Enugu Central Police Station Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Ike Mba, swooped on them and arrested the leader and other members of the group.
The suspects were arraigned before a court and remanded in police custody as confirmed by the Enugu Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the arrests.
Onwuka while addressing the group said; “It is clear that the security of lives and property of Biafran people is no longer guaranteed in the entity called Nigeria.
“Therefore, we have resolved to re-declare our independence today based on the mandate given to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu on May 30, 1967 to provide our people security according to international law…Today, the re-birth of the Republic of Biafra is finally actualised.”
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