Nigeria: Echoes of Biafra - Fresh Fears Over a Recurring Agitation

18 June 2014

Enugu — FORTY-four years after the Nigerian Civil War ended and the Biafra Republic which was led by the late Ikemba Nnew, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu collapsed, the agitation for the rebirth of the defunct republic has been kept alive in the minds of some die-hard believers of the Igbo secession bid.

*Members of Biafra Zionist Movement during a procession shortly before the re-declaration of independence of Biafra Republic by the group in Enugu, yesterday.

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