Two Soldiers Killed, Businesses Suspended As Biafra Celebrates Day

There was uproar in Aba, Abia state, following the death of two soldiers by unknown gunmen at a military checkpoint in the Obingwa Local Councils of the state.

This development came following the warning to the people of the South-East to stay indoors on May 30, to mark Biafra Day.

Business were however suspended across states in the South-East, as the IPOB enforced sit-at-home to mark what it called Biafra Day.

The group, in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, announced that it would mark the day in honour and memory of those killed in the course of Biafra.

Rocketparrot News leanrt that the gunmen also burn down security patrol vehicles and grounded activities in most towns of the South-East states.

A source said, “It appears as if the gunmen had someone monitoring the soldiers and giving information to their colleagues. The soldiers were sitting down at the outpost when the gunmen drove past, slowed down, alighted from the cars and started shooting at them.

“After executing their evil act, they set the outpost and patrol van ablaze and, in the process, a 25-year-old young man was hit by stray bullets and was rushed for medical attention immediately the gunmen left the scene.”

After the incident, police helicopter and military aircraft were sighted hovering around the city centre, while a security agent who spoke on condition of anonymity said the gunmen could not be linked to the IPOB group.

“You can’t rule out IPOB members, but some other groups, armed robbers, kidnapping gangs looking for arms and weapons can take advantage of the sit-at-home to carry out such acts," a military source said.

In Imo state, the governor, Hope Uzodinma however, urged them, particularly the people of Imo State, to find courage and understand that a lot had gone to providing security for them.

“We have peace in Imo State; I want people to go about their businesses without fear of being molested by anyone.

“We are after the perpetrators. Those who think we shouldn’t live should not live,” he said.

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders also condemned the attack on the military, describing it as “barbaric, wicked and condemnable in its entirety.”