Pro-Biafra protesters have blocked the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway and shut down markets in Anambra state.
Pro-Biafra protesters cause major traffic on Onitsha-Owerri Expressway
Pro-Biafra protesters have blocked the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway and shut down markets in Anambra state.
Biafra Protesters causing traffic in Port Harcourt
Vanguard reports that over seven thousands activists have taken to the streets to protest the detention of Radio Biafra director, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Department of State Services (DSS).
"Members of the mobilized from Onitsha, Asaba, Awka, Ekwulobia, Awka-Etiti, Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi and Abia states, converged at Nnewi from where they marched to the house of the late to ask for his blessing even in death."
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According to one of the commanders, of IPOB, Mr. Emeka Onwane, the protest, which started yesterday, will last for three days.
Areas with protest-induced traffic include St. Mary Junction to Nkwo Nnewi market, down to the express way leading to Nnewi Area Command, through Odumegwu Ojukwu’s residence to Owerri Road, Nkwo Nnewi Triangle and later headed for Awka-Etiti through Nnobi.
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