The
Nigeria Police Force has reacted to the claim by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra,
IPOB, that 11 pro-Biafra protesters were killed during the solidarity march for Donald Trump in Port Harcourt, River
State.
Members
of IPOB have always shown their support for the new US President Donald
Trump and optimistic that he will help actualise Biafra.
The
protest held in the morning of Friday, January 20, 2017 turned sour as it was
alleged that police and other security operative confronted them leading to the
death of 11 people.
According
to reports, the media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, alleged
that no fewer than 11 members of the pro-Biafra group have been shot dead by
security operatives.
“They
have attacked our people; 11 have been confirmed dead, many others have bullet
wounds”, he claimed in the statement,” he said.
He
alleged that the attack was carried out by the police, the army and the
Department of State Services.
A
twitter user Anioke Collins, said that the pro-Biafra protesters were been shot
by police officers at Igwuocha area of the state.
Nnamdi
Omoni who is the spokesperson of the Rivers state police command confirmed
the incident but said no one died.
“To
the best of my knowledge, there was no casualty as the police merely employed
minimal action, which involved the use of tear gas to disperse protesters.”
Source
The Trent
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