Pro-Biafra activist used to be a peaceful match, But has recently taking a wrong turn. The Military Have reported that the self-proclaim Biafran have hijacked a merchant ship
and threaten to blow it up with its foreign crew if authorities do not
release a detained leader agitating for a breakaway state of Biafra.
Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Rabe Abubakar says the hijacking occurred
on Friday, but did not tell reporters the name of the ship. Other
officers say the navy is in pursuit.
There are indications the separatists in the southeast are working
with some Niger Delta oil militants in southern Nigeria, escalating
conflict in a country already burdened by a deadly northeastern uprising
by Boko Haram.
Secret police on Oct. 17 detained Biafran separatist Nnamdi Kanu,
accusing him of terrorism. His cause sparked a 1960s civil war that
killed a million people.
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