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IPOB Claims Security Agencies Killed 11 of Its Members as they Marched for Donald Trump in Port Harchourt

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The solidarity rally by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for new U.S. President, Donald Trump in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State has turned violent.

The IPOB group, dressed in black and red attire with the defunct Biafran flag marched in batches from Oyigbo and Aba road to the Government House area, causing traffic jam on the busy road.

The group said the march was to show solidarity to the U.S. President Donald Trump as he was being inaugurated.

Media and Publicity ‎secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, in a short message he sent to DAILY POST alleged that no fewer than 11 members of the pro-Biafra group have been shot dead by security operatives.

“They have attacked our people; 11 have been confirmed dead, many others have bullet wounds,” he claimed in the statement.

He alleged that the attack was carried out by the police, the army and the Department of State Services, beside First Artillery junction, Port-Hacourt.

 

He added that the situation had been brought under control and that everybody was now going about their normal businesses.

Trouble started when a batch had an encounter with the police at Okporo road in the Artillery area.

An eye­­-witness, Roland Joseph claimed that the fracas started when the group carried a corpse to Okporo Police Station alleging that the police killed the victim.

Joseph said that as they were approaching the police station, the police reacted by shooting teargas to disperse them.

“This caused serious confusion. Shops closed, people ran helter skelter and tension built up”, he said.

Emekah Uduma, another eyewitness corroborated Joseph’s view, adding that the police needed to disperse the large crowds by shooting the teargas.

“The police started shooting to scare the crowds away from blocking the station and the major road, a lot of people sustained injuries and some shop owners were forced to lock their shops,” Uduma said.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, said that nobody was killed by police.

“No, I am not aware that any Biafran protester was killed today. I’m yet to get the information,” he said.

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