Hausas in Onitsha goes into hiding from Biafra protesters

They said that, members of the Hausa
community in Onitsha, Anambra State, who fled
the town following the two-day pro-Biafran
agitation fracas, which resulted in the death of
about nine persons and destruction of
properties, are still into hiding.
When a Punch correspondent visited Onitsha on
Saturday, the baristas, shoe menders, green
grocers, barbecue sellers and allied workers, who
are of northern origin, had yet to open shops.

Investigations by the reporter showed that most
of them were still in the Nigerian Army and
Nigeria Police barracks in the area, apparently
for fear of attacks.
During the Biafran agitation mayhem, the
Onitsha central mosque, a nomadic school and
many other properties belonging to the Hausa
community were destroyed.