Photo: Police Arrested This Biafran Group Members Who Tried to Declare Biafra Yesterday in Enugu
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Leader of the Biafra group Onwuka (left) and other members being paraded by the police... |
A photo of the Biafra
Zionist Movement members, BZM, led by Barrister Benjamin Onwuka, who yesterday launched an attack on the Enugu State
Broadcasting Service, ESBS, has been released.
According to reports, Onwuka, a
United Kingdom-based
lawyer, armed with a CD Rom for a broadcast to declare a “Republic of
Biafra”, had yesterday, as early as 4:30am, sneaked his members,
numbering about 20, into the premises of the radio station where he
intended to broadcast the rebirth of the Republic of Biafra.
They had chased out the security men and entered the studio where they
met a handful of employees who were on night shift. But because the
radio station was going through challenges, every gadget was switched
off. They were on the verge of forcing some technical employees to
switch on the
gadgets when they were stopped by a four-man
police patrol
team who stormed the scene. A gun battle ensued and in the process, a
police sergeant and a member of the group lost their lives while a
police inspector was injured.