A secessionist group in Nigeria, which supports US President-elect Donald Trump, has said it will hold a rally on Friday to mark his inauguration, the AFP news agency reports.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which wants the independence of Biafra in the eastern region of Nigeria, said in a statement that it was inviting people to a pro-Trump rally in the southern oil hub of Port Harcourt.

The group says it welcomes "civil and pragmatic democracy anywhere we find it".

The Biafra region unsuccessfully fought for independence in a brutal three-year civil war that ended in 1970.

IPOB has renamed its push for secession "Biafrexit", after the UK's Brexit vote to leave the European Union, AFP reports.

Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the brother of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, who has been held by the Nigerian government since October 2015 on treason charges, said Mr Trump had won their favour as he "supports the right to self-determination".

Separatist sentiments have grown in the months since Mr Kanu's arrest and sparked clashes with security forces that have since been condemned by human rights groups, the report says.

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klassicview:
Punch is now reporting BIAFRA News for free.

The IPOB leader ones said and I quote, "They must write and report news about Biafra when the time comes"

That time is now happening.

Biafra is here. Buhari and his Yoruba slaves are aware already.

To #restore Biafra is a task that must be accomplished.

We're fearless and can never be intimidated by the enemy untill we accomplish our task.

All hail Biafra!

BBC too..

If only trump will have any Bleep to give

The zoo must fall

like play play, edon dey happen.

From bbc !

Come thee adidas faces, thou shall not talk ill of biafrans or thou shall perish.......

Bunch of jerks

we love trump and pence .


but we must despise cattle brotherhood boohorror and boko haram his family associate .



zombiehari you are the terrorist leader of west Africa .


nemesis catch you blood spiller

Biafra way too ahead of Nigeria when it comes to International diplomatic games.

Ten12:
If only trump will have any Bleep to give

E pain am eeeh.

IPOB POWER



BUHARI WILL GO DOWN .

farokkunle:
IPOB POWER



BUHARI WILL GO DOWN .

Amen!

..booked

Biafra is a prophecy that must surely come to pass whether PMB likes it or not. Although it tarry it must come to fulfillment.