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Saturday, 4 June 2016

Army plots secret killing of arrested Biafra agitators - IPOB



  04/06/2016 
 
Army plots secret killing of arrested Biafra agitators - IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that it has uncov­ered plots by the Ni­gerian Army to secretly execute all the Biafran agitators arrest­ed during Monday’s Biafra an­niversary rally in parts of South East and South South.
IPOB also alleged that the security agencies are planning a secret mass burial for the ag­itators killed during the rally.
The pro-Biafran group had earlier claimed that no fewer than 50 agitators were killed by the security agents in Onit­sha and Asaba, while 207 oth­ers were wounded and 403 ar­rested.
IPOB in a press statement is­sued yesterday by its media and publicity officer, Emma Pow­erful, called on the United Nations and world leaders to come to their rescue.
The statement reads in part: “We discovered that the Nigeri­an Army and Police decided to kill those they arrested and bury them along with the dead bod­ies they carried on the same day.
“IPOB under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu cries out over the deaths and for the mass burial of Biafrans killed during the remembrance of Biafra he­roes and heroines on Monday, 30th May, 2016”.
The statement said the ag­itators were unarmed and did nothing to warrant the brutali­ty unleashed on them by the se­curity agents.
“As IPOB families and Bia­frans mourn our dead brethren with heavy hearts, the Nigerian government and security agents are busy perfecting strategy to kill unarmed civilians arrest­ed during the events and bury all with the dead Biafrans in a mass grave.
“Those arrested and taken to the Army Baracks by Army, Navy, and Police were being tor­tured to death without charging them to court,” Powerful stated.
IPOB tackled Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State for al­leged inaction over the plights of the arrested Biafran agitators.
“The Anambra State Gover­nor, Chief Willie Obiano went to the Army Barack and saw the dead bodies of his broth­ers and sisters who were killed during the Remembrance Day and also allowed those alive to be tortured to death.
“IPOB is worried why Chief Willie Obiano, the chief secu­rity officer of the state became stooge to the Hausa/ Fulani ter­rorist group,” IPOB stated.

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