http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nigeria-credible-evidence-that-pro-biafrans-are-targeted-by-police-says-amnesty-international-1519127

There is evidence that pro-Biafran separatists in Nigeria are targeted by police, Amnesty International told IBTimes UK, one day after dozens of people belonging to groups advocating for a separate state were arrested.

It is believed that dozens of members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafran (Massob) were arrested after the inspector general of police, Solomon E Arase, released a statement urging authorities to clamp down on people who behaved violently across the country. The statement read: "This directive becomes imperative owing to recent activities of members of the Massob and the Indigenous People of Biafra [Ipob] in some parts of the country."

The number of people arrested, originally thought to be around 200, was confirmed by the police to stand at 22. Four people were arrested in Anambra State, six in Imo, one in Abia and 11 in Delta State. They were all Massob members.

Amnesty said that after speaking with "dozens of Biafran activists" in the last few years, they believe that pro-Biafrans are targeted by police. A spokesperson for the group said: "There is credible evidence that they have been arbitrarily arrested, tortured and jailed in the past. They are still targeted by the police."

The spokesperson added that according to one of the group's researchers, there are "at least two dozen Biafran activists in almost every prison in the south east of Nigeria".

When contacted by IBTimes UK, Oleehkukyu Ali, spokesperson for the police in Anambra – one of the states where the Biafran activism is mostly widespread – said:" Recently, in this and other states in the country there has been a kind of excitement from members of pro-Biafran groups, and this excitement has led to their processions to become chaotic.

"So the police received instructions that anybody who incites in the name of any group people to go on processions that are violent in nature should be arrested."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nigeria-credible-evidence-that-pro-biafrans-are-targeted-by-police-says-amnesty-international-1519127

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Rubbish

How many times will this be posted?

But really, isn't it worth thinking about? If a group in one part of the country started Boko Haram because they wanted a different way of life for their folks and Biafra folks think differently about the whole "Nigeria" arrangement and want to be freed as well.

I'm not supporting anyone, but what have Nigerians achieved from trying to stay together? Why not just split the place and let everyone move on.

May be that will work, cos what I see today is a whole bunch of folks that will never agree on a common way forward.