Members of Biafra Zionist Movement (B.Z.M) led by Barrister Benjamin Onwuka launched an attack in Enugu as at June 5 at 6:00.a.m. The attack was launched on the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, E.S.B.S. They attempted to make a live broadcast but were stopped by a four-man police patrol team that stormed the scene.
A gun battle which ensued between the police and the Pro Biafra group brought about the death of a police seargent and a member of the Pro Biafra group, while a police inspector was injured.
Heavily armed mobile policemen drafted to the place reportedly arrived after the BZM members escaped the scene. However, two members of the group were later arrested.
Onwuka's mission to the television station was to make a live broadcast having declared himself leader of the new Biafran Republic last year.
However, the police have revealed that Onwuka and 12 members of his group have been arrested by a team of security operatives while they were trying to escape into Independence Layout of the Coal City.
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