Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the legal lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, accused the army and police of killing and kidnapping
In a statement on Saturday, Ejiofor alleged the protesters engaged in a peaceful demonstration against the continued incarceration of Kanu.
He lamented that the alleged crackdown led to the death of over ten persons and more than 100 persons injured.He decried the continued killing of innocent South Easterns by state and non-state actors.
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