The coalition of civil societies under the aegis of Campaign for Democracy, South-East Zone and the Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace
Defenders’ Foundation, HURIDE – have raised concerns over alleged extortions, stealing, harassment, killings and illegal arrests carried out at checkpoints by naval ratings along Atani Road in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Uzor alleged that many innocent people who have fallen victims either had their accounts hacked by the naval officers and those who are not lucky are killed without any traces, saying that many residents of the area have been declared missing since the development. “Innocent people are being extorted on a daily basis, while some have their accounts hacked, those that are not lucky are being killed without traces. A few days ago, a young man was saved by divine intervention, he would have been killed and labelled a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra or a ‘yahoo-yahoo’ by these naval ratings.
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