Lagos — Tensions mounted between Nigerian security forces and pro-Biafran supporters on Thursday, after renewed protests calling for independence and clashes targeting the police. In the capital of the southern state of Rivers, Port Harcourt, 32 people were arrested after two days of demonstrations and the death of one police officer. In neighbouring Abia state, supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group targeted police in the commercial hub, Aba, and the capital, Umuahia. Police vehicles were seen with smashed windscreens and officers fired warning shots, while there were reports of petrol bombs thrown and bonfires set to restrict movement. A police station in Aba was burnt down, said state police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna. "We are investigating the incident but no arrest has been made," he said, but denied reports that the commissioner of police’s residence in Umuahia was attacked. A three-day dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed in Abia on Tuesday to prevent clashes a...
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