LEADER of Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, Mr. Benjamin Onwuka, and
about 500 members were, yesterday, charged for treason by an Enugu
Magistrate Court for allegedly committing treasonable felony.
The court, however, remanded them in prison custody since the police
did not have enough space to keep custody of the accused persons.
State Police Public Relations Office, PPRO, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu,
confirmed the arraignment in a statement but did not give details of the
arraignment done in secret.
The suspects had earlier been arrested by heavily armed policemen
near Central Police Station on Coal Camp-Old Park Road during a peaceful
procession that preceded what the group called formal re-declaration of
independence of the Republic of Biafra in the early hours of yesterday.
Onwuka had, after his declaration speech, announced himself as the
President of Biafran Republic, saying the ministers that would pilot the
affairs of his government would be announced in due course.
Hundreds of diehard Biafran supporters attended the rally held at a football field at Mbanugo area of Coal Camp, Enugu.
The supporters wore vests bearing Biafra inscription and carried
different flags, including those of the defunct Biafra Republic, United
States and Israel as they sang pro-Biafra songs and danced around the
arena.
After the ceremony that lasted for about an hour, Onwuka and his
members embarked on a peaceful procession from Mbanugo, heading towards
Ogbete Main Market area, acknowledging cheers from residents and
motorists along the road.
But as they approached the Central Police Station, CPS, the Biafran
supporters, who were mostly elderly men in their late 60s, who
participated in the Nigerian civil war, were halted by policemen, led by
the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Chief Superintendent of Police,
CSP, Ikechukwu Mba.
– Vanguard
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