Police operatives have reportedly teargassed suspected members of the Biafra Nations League (BnL) around Ekpri Ikang axis of Bakassi Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River State.
NEWSBREAK reports that the BnL members numbering about 32 were said to have assembled at a hideout around 2 pm on Thursday, plotting to hoist the Biafran flag. However, when information reached the police, eyewitnesses confirmed that the separatists hurled stones at police officers before fleeing from the scene.
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Meanwhile, it was suspected that the group was holding talks with its militant arm, the Black Marine around the area before the police arrived.
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