Hundreds Arrested In Enugu Following Declaration Of Biafra Republic

Not less than 500 members of the Biafran Zionist Movement (BZM) were arrested in Enugu state today, as they declared indepedence from the Nigerian state and raised the Biafran flag. This is even as they marched through the streets of the state capital with the hoisted flag and placards bearing ‘Biafra.’

The group which had first gathered yesterday Sunday, to mark the post humous birthday of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, is comprised of youths and the elderly, especially veterans of the civil war.
Spokesman of the Enugu state command of the Nigeria Police, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the arrests among them, the leader of the movement, Mr. Ben Onwuka.