Recall that soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion Asa, Ukwa West
Council area, had on March 14, 2016, confiscated unsold and new editions
of pro-Biafra newspapers; New Republic, Vesym, Freedom Journal,
including copies of Authority newspapers in Aba.
Soldiers have launched a manhunt for publishers of pro-Biafra newspapers in Aba, Abia state.
A
vendor who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that a group of
soldiers accosted him and some of his colleagues demanding them to
disclose the identity of the publishers of the Biafra newspapers
circulating in the city.
It was gathered that one of the vendors identified as Emeka is suspected to have been arrested by soldiers.
Recall
that soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion Asa, Ukwa West Council
area, had on March 14, 2016, confiscated unsold and new editions of
pro-Biafra newspapers; New Republic, Vesym, Freedom Journal, including
copies of Authority newspapers in Aba.
Some of the vendors have
devised strategies to conceal and sell the pro Biafra newspapers and
magazines which are in hot demand in the city. Pro Biafra newspapers
sell more than national newspapers in Aba