Facts have emerged on how Chidozie Okafor, a 20-year-old apprentice, was shot dead on St. Michael’s Road, Aba, Abia state, during a pro-Biafra protest on Monday, January 18, 2016.
Soldiers reportedly moved in to check a protest by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) when the incident happened.
According to an eye-witness identified simply as Okechukwu, Chidozie
was returning to the shop where he was learning a trade after having his
lunch at a food kiosk on St. Michael’s road by York when he was shot.
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He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the soldiers shot at IPOB members who made bonfires on the road to obstruct traffic and were telling people to close their shops.
Chidozie, a native of Omuohu in Eziagu local government area of Enugu state, was said to be the only son of his parents and had arrived in Aba in 2015 to learn a trade in electronic appliances, empty discs and cassettes.
Another victim, who was named only as Taata, was hit in the stomach and died while being rushed to the Abia State University Teaching Hospital after the New Era Hospital had rejected him.
Meanwhile, Rev. Fr. Samuel Aniebonam who was reportedly announced as the chairman of the Biafra Independent National Electoral Commission (B-INEC) has denied the media reports.
He was quoted to have issued a statement denying his acceptance of any such position, and claimed that he does not support Biafran independence.
Soldiers reportedly moved in to check a protest by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) when the incident happened.
A scene from the pro-Biafra protest in Aba, Abia state on Monday, January 18, 2016.
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He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the soldiers shot at IPOB members who made bonfires on the road to obstruct traffic and were telling people to close their shops.
Chidozie, a native of Omuohu in Eziagu local government area of Enugu state, was said to be the only son of his parents and had arrived in Aba in 2015 to learn a trade in electronic appliances, empty discs and cassettes.
Another victim, who was named only as Taata, was hit in the stomach and died while being rushed to the Abia State University Teaching Hospital after the New Era Hospital had rejected him.
Meanwhile, Rev. Fr. Samuel Aniebonam who was reportedly announced as the chairman of the Biafra Independent National Electoral Commission (B-INEC) has denied the media reports.
He was quoted to have issued a statement denying his acceptance of any such position, and claimed that he does not support Biafran independence.
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