{"id":103989,"date":"2023-04-01T01:45:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T00:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=103989"},"modified":"2023-04-01T01:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T00:46:16","slug":"soldiers-kill-5-ipob-members-in-abia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/soldiers-kill-5-ipob-members-in-abia\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers kill 5 IPOB members in Abia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1761913021671550070\" data-legacy-message-id=\"1873928ee5de2c76\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":3i\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":1l\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Five members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been killed by soldiers in Aba, Abia State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">IPOB members who adorned white apparel had embarked on street protest over the continued detention of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu , despite the court order for his release.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The protest which took off from East Street and Ngwa road axis through the Azikiwe road and Ama Ogbonna was peaceful until the combined team of soldiers and policemen blocked them as they marched from Ama Ogbonna junction to Osusu road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The IPOB members allegedly defied the security order to disperse and started chanting;&#8221;Obey Court Order, Release Our Leader, Respect Your Own Court, The Court Has Freed Our Leader FG Why Holding Him.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that the incident occurred at Osusu Road By St. John&#8217;s Anglican Church, Aba, as the soldiers opened fire at the protesting IPOB members.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The situation created tension in the area as motorists avoided the area while some patrol vans comprising policemen and soldiers were seen racing to the area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Eyewitnesses told Pointblanknews.com that most people would have been killed but God\u2019s mercy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I was just coming from Faulks Road where I have already seen them, but when I got to Osusu, I saw people running and gunshots were fired from a distance by security men who were after the IPOB members protesting. I ran towards St Eugene Road because we were actually watching their protest from Faulks Road until the security men came and started shooting at them along Osusu road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Later when I came out, I saw about three persons lying down motionless with blood all over although I was later told that two other persons also were killed at Osusu by Cemetery Road. I didn&#8217;t see those two but I learnt they carried some other of their members who were injured.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Efforts to get the reaction of the Abia State Police spokesman, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, was not successful as at press time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been killed by soldiers in Aba, Abia State. 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