Biafran advocate Chief Uwazurike and 280 of his associates spent the Sallah holidays in prison having been detained on their way to the venue of an award ceremony for their champion, Dim Emeka Ojukwu. Their bail application comes up for consideration today. A positive response from the court could lessen the palpable tension in the Southeast.
THE arrest and subsequent detention of Chief Ralph Uwazurike and 280 members of his Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB has again heightened tension in the entire South Eastern States. They were arrested on their way to an award giving ceremony where a number of prominent Ibos were to be honoured.
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