1000 MASSOB marchers searched, stopped from entering town
No fewer than a thousand members of separatist group Movement of Actualization Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were detained on Tuesday by security authorities in Nsukka.
The members – wearing Biafra uniforms and caps emblazoned with the Biafra flag – were marching towards Nsukka town to celebrate 17 years of the movement, when they were intercepted at Ede-Oballa, about two kilometers to Nsukka by combined team of soldiers and police.
Members, comprising men, women, the aged and the young, were later freed and directed to go home after negotiation between security and leaders of the movement.
Speaking with newsmen, the Zonal Leader of Enugu senatorial zone of MASSOB Mr....
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