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Members of the Movement for National Reformation (MNR), a pro-democracy group, staged a peaceful anti-terrorism protest in the capital of the southern state of Enugu on Wednesday, the Lagos-based Guardian newspaper reported.
The protesters, drawn from seven predominantly Ibo states in eastern Nigeria, presented a statement to the Catholic and Anglican dioceses of Enugu and the British Council. They carried banners and chanted slogans including: "Down, down , Taliban," and, "Down with Osama bin Laden," the daily said.
The police did not allow the MNR's leader, Amechi Chris Chukwu, to address the protesters. However, according to The Guardian, he explained that they were protesting against any form of terrorism in the world and in particular against the "incessant and mindless killing of Christians, particularly Ibo in northern Nigeria". The protesters came from Abia, Anambra, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and River states.
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