9 Protesters Die, 2 Police Officers Killed, 18 Injured As Pro-Biafra Turns Bloody
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The three-week-long pro-Biafra protests turned bloody, yesterday, as
the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) killed nine of the protesters and
injured 18 in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State.Pro-Biafra
protesters mount road blocks and bonfires at Onitsha Head Bridge in
Anambra State.
Irked by the stubborn disposition of the pro- Biafra agitators, who
blocked the Niger Bridge Head and refused to give way to motorists, the
JTF comprising Army, Navy, Police and Civil Defence troops, yesterday
afternoon, opened fire at protesting members of Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB, and Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State
of Biafra, MASSOB, killing nine people and injuring 18.
Five people were killed at Niger Bridge Head while three were killed
at Obodoukwu Road. A suya (barbecue meat) seller said to have been hit
by a stray bullet died instantly. The protesters were having a peaceful
procession across South East states and had vowed to continue their
blockage of the bridge for three days until detained Director of Radio
Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu is released.
Miscreants, on hearing that some people had been shot dead by the
JTF, started another protest, marched to the Central mosque near Onitsha
Main Market and set it ablaze. A Hilux pick-up van with Federal
Government number plate was also burnt when the JTF held motorists and
commuters hostage at Upper Iweka with sporadic shootings that had never
been witnessed before in Onitsha.
Despite losing two men, we didn’t attack protesters – Police
The Anambra Police Command said, yesterday, that despite losing two
of its men during the pro-Biafra protests in Onitsha, the command never
retaliated.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ali Okechukwu, in
an interview, faulted the allegation that Police fired at the
protesters, adding that one of the policemen, a sergeant, was killed at
Obodo Ukwu, while the other was killed at Eze Iweka road.
He said that following the problem in Onitsha, police kept vigil to
ensure that peace was maintained and totally denied police involvement
in the bloody riot that led to the death of about nine people.
“We did not fire a shot at anybody and even when our men were felled, we still did not retaliate,” he said.
It was gathered that what led to yesterday’s violence was an attempt
by the JTF to reopen the blocked roads at the Bridge Head and at Upper
Iweka road in the wee hours of Wednesday.
When the security operatives tried to open the roads, it was learned,
they met resistance from the protesters, who grounded Onitsha on
Tuesday and ensured that no vehicle entered or left the commercial city.
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