SOME Igbo socio-cultural organisations, including town unions, have expressed dissatisfaction over the killing of members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra by security agencies.
Ten persons were reportedly killed, but the casualty figures had been controversial as the police said only four persons were killed while IPOB group said 21 of their members were killed during the incident while 47 were arrested.
” Another group, the Nzuko Umunna, also called for a coroner inquest into the killing In a statement on Monday by its Coordinator, Ngozi Odumuko, Nzuko Umunna said it noted “with grave concern the constant killing of unarmed Igbo youths by security operatives.
” In the statement titled, ‘Press Statement by Nzuko Umunna on Extrajudicial Killings at Emene, Enugu State,’ the group called on Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to set up a judicial panel of inquiry “to unravel the immediate and remote causes of these wanton killings, including the exact number of victims, with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice.
” Commercial drivers protest killing Meanwhile, commercial bus drivers in Enugu State on Monday withdrew their services in protest against the killing of their members’.
” Army, police worse than B’Haram, says IPOB Reacting to Sunday’s clash, IPOB said on Monday that security agencies in Nigeria were worse than the dreaded Boko Haram and ISWAP. The group, which was referring particularly to the army and the police, said the way the security outfits had been killing its members without provocation showed they were terrorist organisations.
In a statement on Monday, signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said, “When it comes to killing Biafrans, they are infinitely worse than Boko Haram and ISWAP put together.
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