Aba killing: Nigerian Army dismisses Simon Ekpa’s ‘genocide’ allegations

The Nigeria Army has dismissed claims by Simon Ekpa, factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in a viral video, alleging that soldiers are carrying out mass killing of innocent Igbos and dumping their bodies in the river.

The Army said Ekpa's claims contained some unimaginable and not well couched falsehood targeted at whipping-up negative sentiments against troops and inciting anarchy in the South-East region Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement said: 'Contrary to the falsehood being spread from the devious propaganda machinery of the desperate and self-serving terrorists' leader, the Nigerian Army wishes to state that it has conducted a comprehensive...

'The troops in the video footage are not personnel of the Nigerian Army as the insignia visible on their berets clearly identifies them as personnel of the Nigerian Navy, who were engaged in a routine test firing of a weapon system mounted on a vehicle and in order to ensure the safety of other road users and commuters, the troops took precautionary measures by halting vehicular movement along the road, until the test firing was safely concluded.

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