The police command in Anambra said 14 suspected members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were arrested in Onitsha for alleged illegal procession.
Nkeiruka Nwode, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, made the disclosure in an interview with journalists in Onitsha on Tuesday.
Ms. Nwode, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the arrests were carried out in different parts of the town during a procession by the group to mark 17 years of its existence.
She said the persons were arrested for illegal procession, adding that no life was lost in the confusion that followed the arrest of the members.
However, the Religious Administrator of MASSOB, Apostle Ezichukwu, said more than 50 members of the group were arrested, with 20 missing and one person allegedly shot by the police.
Mr. Ezichukwu, a reverend pastor, who said the procession was peaceful, wondered why the police arrested members of the...
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