‘Dozens arrested at Biafra independence march

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The Biafran Independence Movement (BIM) has alleged that about 50 of its members have been arrested and two of them injured by police in Enugu city in south-eastern Nigeria.

State police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu told the BBC that nobody was injured wounded but confirmed the arrest of at least 40 BIM members for “conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace”.

They were marching to demand creation of the breakaway state of Biafra in south-eastern Nigeria.

The BBC’s AbdusSalam Ibrahim Ahmed sent these pictures from the march:

Biafra protesters

BBC

Biafra protester

BBC

On On 30 May, 1967, the head of what was then known as the Eastern Region of Nigeria, Colonel Emeka Ojukwu, unilaterally declared the independent Republic of Biafra.

The Biafran forces were pushed back after initial military gains.

More than two years later, after one million civilians had died in fighting and from famine, Biafra was re-absorbed into Nigeria.

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