Nigerian police said they arrested more than 80 members of a Biafran separatist movement on Friday during one of a series of protests across the oil-rich southeast against the detention of the group’s leader.
The 78 men and five women were detained in a motorpark in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state, “because they want to foment troubles and unleash mayhem” said Bayelsa police spokesman Anisim Butswat.
Witnesses reported other rallies in at least four other areas, and one activist said police fired tear gas at marchers from Imo state walking to Bayelsa state border, though there was no independent confirmation.
Secessionist feeling has continued to simmer in the region since the Biafra separatist rebellion tipped the country into a 1967-70 civil war that killed an estimated 1 million people.
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra group called for a “million man march” on Friday after their leader Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in Nigeria on charges relating to broadcasts by his Radio Biafra station.
It was not immediately clear if the group had attracted anywhere near that number of people onto the streets.
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Posted: at 7-11-2015 11:56 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
I know so many people would think they are only fighting for their right but the question is: But what we all forget is that Nigeria is the right of we all. Why leave wat u've gotten for something that would cause problem.
U Self Go Like Am...
Posted: at 7-11-2015 12:15 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Abeg they shld release dem joor it was not a vilolent protest so why arrest them. They didn't carry gun and dangerous weapon. U are making them famous.
Posted: at 7-11-2015 12:41 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Quote from: Sakibu Odunayo Oluwaseun on 7-11-2015 12:10 PM
This guys should just rethink now.... Getting Biafra doesn't even guarantee a better life for you. [/quote
Not everyone have the opportunity to travel out for better life or to live in Britain without deportation, so oga it's better to try than not to try at all.]
Posted: at 7-11-2015 01:31 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
Fools will always remain fools, that's for sure, it was Nigerians that shot and killed, the peaceful protesters it was the same Nigerians that fired tear gas and they say that they were arrested" because they want to" foment troubles and unleash mayhem, the violent police are yet to realize that they have fomented the troubles and unleashed the mayhem already! The police should be in prison not the protesters, but it's the zoo, they do things abnormally.
Posted: at 7-11-2015 01:55 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
Hmmm... Small pikin wey no sabi war dey call am Police & Thief play..... If the thing start now the Radio Biafra guy and his family no go suffer anything o... Na all this ignorant pple go dey die trowey... Na the innocent soul wey go follow I just dey pity.
U Self Go Like Am...
Posted: at 7-11-2015 03:59 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
zezprincess at 7-11-2015 06:19 PM (8 years ago) (f)
Welldone nigeria police,you guys are trying,arresting armless civilian,hmmmm,what are you waiting for?why not enter sambisa forest&arrest boko haram members,Ndi ara nwuru anwu.
Posted: at 7-11-2015 06:19 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
Quote from: Sakibu Odunayo Oluwaseun on 7-11-2015 04:04 PM
@10shun " Do u expect the Police to check or smile at them.... It seems you don't know how tough pple could be.
Do u at all know what a peaceful protest means? It is a peaceful protest when they cause no threats or danger to anyone, u call them tough because they're using only their voice to protest? Are they destroying properties? Did the police say they killed or injured anyone? Or did u see them with any weapon? It is the police that is the danger here, not the peaceful protesters. I don't blame u, ur media has feed u with so much junk all ur life u can't tell the difference between a peaceful and a violent protests.
Posted: at 7-11-2015 07:46 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
The police are not doing the right thing. When has a peaceful protest become a crime in Nigeria... I'll keep on asking about the so called Amnesty International,where are they? They can only defend Boko Haram because they are fighting their course.
Posted: at 7-11-2015 08:16 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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