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Forty members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) were arrested on Tuesday after they clashed with police as they marched through Agboju area, a satellite town in Lagos.
'The Guardian' reported that the group, carrying placards with pro-Biafra inscriptions and T-shirts on which 'BIAFRA' was boldly printed, marched through the streets of Agboju Amuwo chanting songs against Nigerian unity.
The group paralysed economic activities in the town for several hours as residents scampered for safety before the anti-riot police came on the scene. Police said the group did not have permission for the procession.
"As a result, I ordered my men to go there and disperse them," 'The Guardian' quoted Lagos Police Commissioner Mike Okiro as saying. "On getting there, they became riotous," he said. "They were eventually dispersed and 40 of them arrested and are being interrogated at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID)," Okiro said. "They will be charged in court under public order laws, because they engaged in activities that threatened the peace and order in the state," he added.
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