A newspaper publisher, Peter Eke and nine of his workers have been arrested by the police in Lagos State for floating an alleged seditious, unregistered weekly called Biafra Times.
Eke; Ayodeji Gbemi; Akeem Bisiriyu; Jamiu Oleowo; Shakiru Folorunsho; Azeez Ayoola; Rafiu Kachu; Adewunmi Tope; Kunle Olushola and Akeem Adebakin were paraded at the command headquarters in Ikeja by the Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni.
Owoseni said they would be charged to court for seditious publication under Sections 150 and 401 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2011.
According to him, policemen stormed 33, Oguntolu Street, Shomolu and discovered that the suspects had turned a room into a printing press and were producing seditious materials, which they distributed to vendors.
He said: “When we got the intelligence report, a team of policemen were sent to the address and they found a printing press where Biafra Times was being published.
“We arrested 10 people and seized the plates and 515 copies of the print run.
“It’s an offence punishable under the criminal law of Lagos State under Section 105, which deals with obscene publications.
“Also, Section 401 captures offences relating to terrorism. It is punishable under the Criminal Code, a federal law under the chapters that deals with seditious report.
“The exhibits are in police custody and operatives worked throughout the night to interrogate them and we have liaised with the Attorney General on the situation.”
Denying any links with pro-Biafra agitators, the suspects said they were only after making money for themselves.
Eke said: “I am not aware that my publication is seditious. I only saw it from a commercial point of view.
“I have not registered the Biafra Times but my sports and politics papers are registered.
“I started Biafra Times because we discovered that each time we ran Biafra stories on the other papers, we usually had huge sales.
“So, we thought that having a paper with Biafra in its title would attract more money for us.
“And it worked because we usually print between 6,000 to 7,000 copies a week and we sell. The paper is sold at N100 per copy but we give vendors at N60.
“I was trying to recoup the money I spent setting up the press. I bought the four printing machines at N2.1 million each.
“That was when I decided to focus on Biafra Times. I am not a Biafran, I merely cashed in on the situation to make money.”
http://thenationonlineng.net/publisher-nine-others-held-floating-seditious-biafra-times/

I never knew Yoruba muslims could support Biafra for money

Nonsense. How will these arrests help the police quench the Biafran struggle?

ZeroTolerance:
I never knew Yoruba muslims could support Biafra for money

You better stop this folly. I have said it before when it comes to money making, your people will forget Biafra and collaborate with anybody to make money. Yesterday it was one Eke an illegal gun runner that was working hand in hand with Hausa men that u hate so much to import, clear and transport guns, today it is another Biafran working with same Yoruba you waste ur self cursing and fighting with on the internet to make money from illegal news print that spreads lies and false hood to clowns like u.
Keep wasting your time on the internet, while ur brothers are working with other tribes to make money from kids like you

One day you will grow up.

Weldone!

Softwork

Yoruba man won join igbo make money

Biafra is no a struggle, its a way of life! Even the whole of arab nation combined can't stop it. We working Yaweh, not...

someone was busy making money on the thinking of some religious bigots and political illiterates, who will still come here and start bashing themselves up and down on Nairaland. while they are hungry and hiding cowardly behind a MONIKER here. y'all should receive sense.
quote me and receive the schooling you've ignored to receive before

pweshboi:
someone was busy making money on the thinking of some religious bigots and political illiterates, who will still come here and start bashing themselves up and down on Nairaland. while they are hungry and hiding cowardly behind a MONIKER here. y'all should receive sense.
quote me and receive the schooling you've ignored to receive before

Lol. Cant u see clown that created the thread and commented first. U see how silly some people are?

progress69:


You better stop this folly. I have said it before when it comes to money making, your people will forget Biafra and collaborate with anybody to make money. Yesterday it was one Eke an illegal gun runner that was working hand in hand with Hausa men that u hate so much to import, clear and transport guns, today it is another Biafran working with same Yoruba you waste ur self cursing and fighting with on the internet to make money from illegal news print that spreads lies and false hood to clowns like u.
Keep wasting your time on the internet, while ur brothers are working with other tribes to make money from kids like you

One day you will grow up.

Weldone!

Promulgating lies to their fellow liepods