Yesterday, 31 March 2023, in Aba city, Abia state, Nigerian combined forces opened fire with live ammunition on thousands of peaceful Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members protesting in the city’s streets, causing a tragic and barbaric incident. The Nigerian powers prepared in their few numbers with profoundly refined weapons against the serene IPOB dissidents.
You see how peaceful they are ….Whosoever that asked Nigeria police to open live bullet on them gave them the worst advice ….@AmnestyNigeria please take note ,, Are they not too beauful and peaceful to be opened live bullets at? It wont end #FreeNnamdiKanu #FreeBiafra pic.twitter.com/UYuYr79R9S
— Emeka Gift Official (@EmekaGift100) March 31, 2023
The protesters were very civil and well-organized. They were visiting fortitude melodies and requesting for the arrival of the IPOB pioneer, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who has been illicitly confined in the authority of the Nigerian Division of State Services(DSS) in Abuja, in spite of the judgment by the skilled Re-appraising Court which released and cleared Nnamdi Kanu. Only mobile megaphones, Biafran flags, and placards with the message “Free Nnamdi Kanu” were carried by the peaceful IPOB members. When they were being civil, they never broke a single law.
The Nigerian Security have acted uncouth, silly, devilish and coldhearted against tranquil dissenters who conveyed no single arm or filled in as danger to anyone.
It is confirmed that Nigeria police opened live bullets on peaceful protester asking Nigeria government to obey court orders that ordered the release of Mazi #NnamdiKanu…… Let is be on notice how it started @antonioguterres @AmnestyNigeria @StateDept @netanyahu pic.twitter.com/aMhfAILY25
— Emeka Gift Official (@EmekaGift100) March 31, 2023
Verifiably, at least 10 IPOB family members were killed instantly by gunfire, and several others sustained varying degrees of severe bullet injuries.
The Nigerian Joint Power moved toward them at Orsusu by Faulks Street Aba, with high modern conflict machines, began taking shots at the dissidents and similarly whisked away some obscure quantities of inert bodies they shot dead, immediately.
The bloody video records of what happened were posted on the web space as proof and demonstrate to what happened.
Thank you for killing us we appreciate , Hello @AmnestyNigeria, we shall be heading home to bury our innocent protesters that were murdered today by Nigeria security . We shall console ourselves, we wont complain either …..#Biafra pic.twitter.com/IBoaQNd6jT
— Emeka Gift Official (@EmekaGift100) March 31, 2023
This is the pinnacle of blatant violations of Biafrans’ human rights. Without compassion for humanity, the Nigerian government has continued to kill, assassinate, arrest, kidnap, and hold thousands of IPOB and Biafran members.
Reporting for Family Writers Press International is Mazi Egwuatu Chukz.