VIDEO: IPOB/ESN Members Jubilant After Killing Soldiers On Biafra Day
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been spotted jubilating and dancing after allegedly killing three soldiers yesterday.
In a video obtained by Osun Defender IPOB members were spotted jubilating and dancing after allegedly killing the soldiers during the sit-at-home order to mark the Biafra heroes and heroines who died during the Nigeria-Biafra civil war.
This is coming as the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday denounced the killing of security men.
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In compliance to the sit-at-home directive, it was learnt that there was total compliance to the sit-at-home directive in Umuahia, the Abia State capital in the early hours of the day before some gunmen reportedly attacked a Military Unit located at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hill area and shot dead three soldiers.
The gunmen, who were said to have stormed the military unit with sophisticated rifles, also burnt the unit as well as a patrol van parked in the unit. Some soldiers were reported to have escaped the attack.
Efforts to confirm the incident from the Public Relations Officer, 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Lt. Innocent Omale, were unsuccessful, as he did not respond to a text message sent to his mobile number.
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