Three members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were feared dead in a clash with the police in Imo State.
The clash in which 340 others were arrested occured last weekend.
The MASSOB members were reportedly on their way to Okwe in Onuimo local government, the country home of their leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, for the celebration of the 44th anniversary of Biafra, when they were accosted by the police.
It was gathered that the MASSOB team from Anambra State was confronted at Irete, near Owerri, the Imo State capital, by the police.
Uwazuruike decried the clamp down on his members.
He said: "The police killed three of my members and arrested over 600 of them. A lot of them were wounded.
"We were marking the 44th anniversary of Biafra in a peaceful manner and they (Police) confronted us, killed our members and arrested many of them. What have we done wrong? Are we not entitled to celebrate our day? What of the Boko Haram, go and see what they are doing in the North?" he said.
Police Commissioner Alhaji Ibrahim Maishanu confirmed the incident. He said the MASSOB members were stopped for questioning when an argument ensued.
Maishanu said both parties sustained injuries, but denied any loss of life. He confirmed the arrest of about 340 MASSOB members.
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