The Nation Newspaper Soldier killed in home state Abia after surviving five years fight against terrorists
state on Thursday was Corporal Lucky Ikechukwu Ikpeama, an Abia indigene who survived five years official posting to Maiduguri, only to get killed in his own state.
In a statement under his social media handles on X, Simon Ekpa alleged that it was government that has been killing those he described as ‘ Biafra young men and women in Abia state’. “In addition to this measures, there will be a special lockdown in Abia state, this lockdown to be announced in later day,” he stated.In a reaction to the killings, former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar condemned it and urged the federal government to explore a political strategy for resolution of Biafran activist, Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing trial.
“But even more profound is the impact of yesterday’s sit-at-home in the Southeast region of our country on students writing WAEC examinations.
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