Nigeria: Police Arrest Protesters for Declaring Biafra independence

About 500 members of the Biafran Zionist Movement were arrested in Enugu state, as they declared independence from the Nigerian state and raised the Biafran flag. The protesters, who were led by one Ben Onwuka, were believed to be members of the Biafran Zionist Movement raised the Biafran flag and then marched through the streets of the Enugu. They were arrested around Akwata axis of Agbani road in the capital city of Enugu state.

The group which had earlier gathered on 4th of November 2012, 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.