BIAFRA NEWS : Group alleges killing of IPOB lawyer’s aide by govt forces as police deny involvement

 

A rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has alleged that security forces on Sunday morning attacked the home of the legal counsel to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The board of trustees chairman of the group, Mr Emeka Umeagbalasi in a statement made available to  raised an alarm over the alleged attack, saying that while Ejiofor’s personal assistant was killed, his brother and two other persons in his compound at the time of the attack were abducted by the security operatives. BIAFRA NEWS : Twitter ban exposed Buhari’s plot to Islamize Nigeria – IPOB

Umeagbalasi said, “I called Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor and received updates in the wee hour of this morning’s invasion of his family house at Oraifite by armed soldiers, joined by Police, DSS and Civil Defense operatives.

They had invaded and laid siege on the same at about 2.30 am and left around past 4 am. The invading security operatives jumped the perimeter fence of the compound after cutting its security cable and shot in different directions.

“The respected human rights lawyer was unable to be tracked and abducted or instantly shot dead because he was hiding somewhere in his house.

“However, the invading government security operatives did not spare the life of the lawyer’s Personal Assistant, Samuel Uzo Okoro (Biggy) who was shot and killed inside the compound. The late Samuel Okoro had woken up as a result of noises and gunshots to find out what was going on when soldiers shot and killed him instantly.