FWD: “Soldiers banned
newspaper vendors in Aba bearing Biafra reports”, Aba City Blog, Tuesday 15 March 2016
“Newspaper vendors in Aba, are now living
fear, as soldiers from 144 Battalion, which is under Ohafia 14 Brigade, stormed
St. Michael’s Road at about 7am, in two Hilux vans and seized their papers
bearing Biafra reports.
“One of the vendors who spoke to The Nation, said, ‘At about some minutes past seven, soldiers in two Hilux vans arrived with one of the vendors that they picked along the Mosque, asking him to point at the person who gave him the paper. But the vendor could not, because the person who gave him the paper had gone … They asked to know the publishers or suppliers but got no response. Then they confiscated New Republic, Vesym, Freedom Journal and some copies of The Authority which carried Biafra stories. We are yet to be told the reason for the confiscation, but the truth is that we have lost money as many readers were disappointed.’
“A publisher, who pleaded for anonymity, condemned the action of the soldiers. He said they were overstepping their bounds and vowed that ‘attempts by the military to gag the press will fail. We are publishing reports about Biafra like other national dailies do. Let them close down all the media houses because they are carrying Biafra stories, after all, we are not the only ones publishing stories on Biafra.’”
“One of the vendors who spoke to The Nation, said, ‘At about some minutes past seven, soldiers in two Hilux vans arrived with one of the vendors that they picked along the Mosque, asking him to point at the person who gave him the paper. But the vendor could not, because the person who gave him the paper had gone … They asked to know the publishers or suppliers but got no response. Then they confiscated New Republic, Vesym, Freedom Journal and some copies of The Authority which carried Biafra stories. We are yet to be told the reason for the confiscation, but the truth is that we have lost money as many readers were disappointed.’
“A publisher, who pleaded for anonymity, condemned the action of the soldiers. He said they were overstepping their bounds and vowed that ‘attempts by the military to gag the press will fail. We are publishing reports about Biafra like other national dailies do. Let them close down all the media houses because they are carrying Biafra stories, after all, we are not the only ones publishing stories on Biafra.’”
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Those nigerian vandal forces are so stupid.Confiscating Newspapers? What a low blow?That is pety. Let them come to the Internet. Buhari and his marauders can only oppress but can never kill the spirit of Biafra. They thought Biafra would die with Emeka Ojukwu but they were dead wrong. Biafran, this is planning period, mind you.
ReplyDeleteThose nigerian vandal forces are so stupid.Confiscating Newspapers? What a low blow?That is pety. Let them come to the Internet. Buhari and his marauders can only oppress but can never kill the spirit of Biafra. They thought Biafra would die with Emeka Ojukwu but they were dead wrong. Biafran, this is planning period, mind you.
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