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, yesterday. Photos: Vincent Ujumadu.
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.
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