The leader of Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has lamented the arrest and detention of six members of his group.
The BIM leader said his men were on their way to Owerri, to attend the memorial celebration of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, when they were arrested.
Uwazuruike, who spoke through his Director of Information, Mazi Chris Mocha, gave the names of those under arrest as Usulor Luke, Ngede Emeka, Agbem Chukwuma, Martin Ejiofor, Theophilus Ononiba and Anslem Madu.
According to him, “Our members boarded a chartered Mitsubishi L300 bus with registration number, Anambra HBE 184 YD, from Anambra West local government area of Anambra State, to attend the memorial day celebration of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in Owerri last weekend.”
Uwazuruike said some soldiers, who were operating in a Toyota Hilux vehicle, marked NA 302, Team 62, drafted from 302 Artillery regiment, Onitsha, chased the vehicle on sighting it.
“The soldiers forced the Mitsubishi commuter bus to a halt at Amazu, along the Onitsha-Owerri road and arrested six of the occupants, while the others scampered into safety,” he added.
While urging Nigeria’s security agencies to form the habit of charging pro-Biafra loyalists to court of competent jurisdiction, instead of incarcerating them endlessly in their inhuman cells, Uwazuruike, however, recalled that Amnesty International recently accused the security agencies of extra judicial killing of 150 MASSOB/BIM loyalists.
“Keeping pro-Biafra loyalists in Army cells since last Saturday, without handing them over to the police is illegal, offensive, inappropriate and reprehensible”, Uwazuruike said.
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