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  • Clashes reignited between Biafra separatists and Nigerian army

    Clashes reignited between Biafra separatists and Nigerian army Clashes reignited between Biafra separatists and Nigerian army

    A mobile phone video that started circulating in Abia state, Nigeria, on September 13 shows men with bare torsos forced to lie down in the mud whilst being beaten by Nigerian soldiers.

    These men are members of IPOB, a separatist organisation in the southeast of Nigeria campaigning for an independent state of Biafra. The authorities are cracking down on the organisation, and have conducted violent raids.

    In the first few seconds of the video, which is filmed furtively, Nigerian soldiers beat the men with sticks and force them to run into muddy water, where they have to lie for several minutes while the soldiers shout at them to drink the water.

    Their clothes and valuables have been stripped from them. The group of IPOB members (Indigenous People of Biafra) were apparently travelling to join separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu in Umuahia, the capital city of his home state of Abia.

    Abia used to be a part of the Republic of Biafra before it was officially reintegrated into Nigeria in 1970, after fewer than three years of secession.