Group Promoting Re-emergence Of Biafra Arrested In Enugu

Three people, including a police officer, have
been killed in Enugu, southeast Nigeria, after a
group promoting the re-emergence of Biafra
attempted to take over a broadcast station in
the state capital.
It was gathered that the group known as Biafra
Zionists Federation, attempted to gain access to
the Enugu State Broadcasting Service in the
early hours of Thursday, with the aim of seizing
the station for a broadcast by its leader,
Benjamin Onwuka. The group members were said
to be armed with dangerous weapons.
Two members of the group were reportedly killed
by security men as they fled the scene, while the
leader of the group was reportedly arrested,
alongside some of his members.
They were arrested by the police and paraded
before the media at the police headquarters in
Enugu.
It is not yet clear what message the group had
intended to broadcast.

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