Security agents clash with pro-Biafra group in Anambra, 3 killed while 20 wounded

Security operatives shot and killed three members of a new pro- Biafra group, the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and wounded twenty others on Sunday when they clashed in Uga junction close to the Niger Bridge Head, Anambra.

Mr. Chinwendu Ikechukwu, one of the injured persons said the group was carrying out an evangelism programme on the need for people to embrace Biafra Republic in parts of Nkpor , Idemili North local government area after their routine meeting, when suddenly the security agents started opening fire on them without the group knowing what they did.

''On reaching Okpoko junction, we were accosted by a detachment of policemen who fired tear gas on our members numbering about 5000, but they later allowed us to go since we were non violent,'' Ikechukwu said. ''However, on reaching Uga junction close to the Niger Bridge Head, the Naval men on duty there opened fire on us. In our defenseless state, three of our members were shot dead, while about twenty others sustained injuries. Even the police who initially allowed us to go later joined in shooting our members.''

The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Okechukwu Ali however denied the involvement of police in the shooting.

He said, ''We never shot at the group, even though the law of the land has outlawed all pro -Biafran groups''.

Source: Vanguard