The reports credited to the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, that Biafran agitators were killed in Aba, Abia State by armed soldiers over alleged provocation saying that the agitators were while praying for the repose of their colleagues earlier mowed down by security forces when the incident occured.
IPOB therefore demand the seting up of an impartial investigative team and not the group hurriedly set up by the COAS considering that the Army is the aggressor in this case.
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by IPOB Spokespersons, Emma Mmezu and Dr Clifford Iroanya and made available to Saturday Vanguard.
The statement entitled, “NOW THAT THE NIGERIAN ARMY HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY KILLED UNARMED BIAFRANS, WHAT NEXT?” read,
“IPOB, has today, (yesterday) noted that the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff and Borno State born Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, openly confessed and admitted that soldiers of the Nigerian Army opened fire and killed defenceless Biafrans who were conducting prayer sessions inside the football field of Ngwa High Schoool, Aba in Abia State…
“This genocidal action of the Nigerian Army happened on February 9, 2016.
