Breaking: South East Nigeria Under Attack Over Biafra Day

South East Nigeria is currently under attack over Biafra Day.

 

News Online reports that Awka, the Anambra State capital, and South East hub is a shadow of itself with resi­dents literally looking behind their shoulders as anxiety mounted over alleged kill­ing of soldiers in Ihiala and threats issued by the Indige­nous People of Biafra (IPOB) against violation of the sit-at-home order for Monday.

 

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The matter was not helped by the change of date from Sunday to Monday and anoth­er group threatening to take over Biafra land from May 26.

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Saturday afternoon, too, a film clip in which the pro­ducer claimed that he was trapped in Onitsha because soldiers had closed the Ihi­ala end of Onitsha-Owerri road due to the casualties it suffered, also heightened peo­ple’s anxieties.

 

The producer claimed he was Lagos bound, but could not continue his journey.

 

Yet another film clip show­ing helicopter gunboats rain­ing bullets on a community said to be Ihiala also went viral.

 

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As if these were not enough, heavily armed un­identified men in Sports Util­ity Vehicle patrolled Awka and, as it stopped briefly un­der the Aroma flyover, there was a stampede.

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The fear of unknown gun­men, security officers whose charge was not clear to the public, and the spate of kill­ings by rival cults groups had combined to keep Anambra on edge.

 

Meanwhile, the IPOB had renewed its call for a sit-at-home on Monday to honour heroes of the Nigerian Civil War among the Igbo.

 

The renewed call on Satur­day reinforced an earlier call.

The group said: “The Bi­afra Remembrance Day and candle light procession will take place on Sunday night May 30, while sit-at-home and total lockdown takes place on Monday, May 31, 2021, and not May 30th as earlier an­nounced.”

 

The adjustment, accord­ing to the Media and Pub­licity Secretary, Emma Pow­erful, is to enable churches hold their normal services on Sunday, May 30, without any obstructions.

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“But there will be no hu­man or vehicular movement throughout Biafra land on Monday, May 31.

“Every person in Biafra land is, therefore, advised to observe a sit-at-home order on Monday, May 31, 2021.

 

“That day is a sacred day in Biafra land in honour of the over five million Biafrans mas­sacred by the wicked Nigeria forces during the civil war.

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“There will be a total lock­down all through Biafra land on that day as we remember all our fallen heroes and hero­ines, including agitators who have paid the supreme price in the course of our struggle for independence since 1967 till date.