SOLDIERS SEIZE PRO-BIAFRA NEWSPAPERS IN ABA

-           A team of soldiers, reportedly believed to be attached to 144 Battalion, Abia State, allegedly invaded a newspaper office along St. Michael’s Road, Aba, and seized copies from vendors.

-          Reportedly, the seized papers were both unsold and new editions of New Republic, Vesym, Freedom Journal and copies of Authority Newspapers.

-          Allegedly, the soldiers in two Hilux vans arrived the area which serves as the hub of newspaper business in Aba, and confiscated newspapers bearing pro- Biafra stories.

-          According to reports, the soldiers packed the unsold and current editions of the newspapers into their vans and left, vowing to arrest the publishers of those papers.

                              CULLED FROM VANGUARD