Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt
AT least, 10 persons suspected to be members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra and the Biafra Independent Movement were arrested on Tuesday in Port Harcourt while they were celebrating the 18th anniversary of MASSOB.
Supporters of the two groups had embarked on a rally in Port Harcourt, marching through Mile One Market and some streets in the Rivers State capital before some of them were arrested at Garrison Junction along Aba-Port Harcourt expressway.
Some of the members of the groups, who wore military camouflage, were not left out during the raid that lasted for about 10 minutes, even as policemen released teargas into the air, ostensibly to disperse the crowd.
Dissatisfied with the development, the leader of the group, Solomon Chukwu, said MASSOB and BIM members, who were arrested, were taken to Olu Obasanjo…
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