A detachment of the Nigeria Police on Thursday foiled another attempt by a group suspected of Biafra Nations League (BnL) to hoist the Biafra flag in Ekpri Ikang community in Bakassi LGA of Cross River State.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the incident happened yesterday at about 3 pm when BnL members numbering 32 were reported to have assembled at a hideout, plotting how to hoist the flag, acting on a tipoff the Police arrived.
Eyewitnesses who spoke to reporters confirmed that the agitators were said to have thrown stones at the Police before fleeing from the scene.
They reported that policemen had teargassed the suspected members of the Biafra Nations League, BnL.
Leader of BnL, Princewill Richards confirmed that the purpose was to hoist their flag.
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He said there is a militant wing of their group called The Black Wing but does not meet in an open environment like the BnL members.
He added that both groups know how they operate.
It would be recalled that authorities have always blocked this group from hoisting their flag in Bakassi.
The BnL has been often been involved in some hit-and-run attacks with Cameroonian forces and Nigerian military in the Bakassi peninsula, sometimes with reported casualties on both sides.