Four persons, suspected to be
members of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra have been arrested in Aba
Market by Nigerian soldiers for selling a banned Biafran newspaper.
The men were picked up under the
Nigerian Army “Exercise Atilogwu Udo 1’’, now ongoing in the South eastern
states and Cross River.
Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy
Director, Public Relations of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army said on Tuesday
in Enugu, the four vendors were arrested by troops of sector 2 in Abia on Nov.
19.
He gave the names of the vendors
as Sunday Elom, Martins Ogwuchukwu, Chineme Obiechifula and Innocent Mike.
Yusuf did not indicate the name
of the newspaper.
But he said they have been handed
over to the appropriate security agency for further action.
Yusuf said the military exercise
has nabbed 86 high profile criminals since it began on 1 November.
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