Biafra staffs moved under the umbrella of Bilie Human Right Initiative (BHRI), which is registered in Nigeria by a London-based barrister, Emeka Emekaesiri. IPOB and its sister organizations, among which are Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)'s and the Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, have accused the Nigerian Army and the police of extrajudicial killings of their members. The Nigerian Government, through its broadcasting regulators, the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigerian (BON) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has sought to clamp down on the UK-based station with limited success. On 17 November 2015, the Abia state police
Biafran armed forces Biafran armed forces The Biafran Armed Forces (BAF) were the military of the secessionist state of Biafra which existed from 1967 until 1970. At the beginning of the Nigerian Civil War, Biafra had 3,000 soldiers. This number grew as the war progressed, ultimately reaching 30,000. No official support for the Biafran Army came from any other nation, although arms were clandestinely acquired. Because of this, the Biafrans manufactured many of their weapons locally. Some Europeans served the Biafran cause: German born Rolf Steiner was a lieutenant colonel assigned to the 4th Commando Brigade, and Welshman Taffy Williams served as a