The Nigeria Police Force has defended its killing of five alleged members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Aba, Abia State on Friday, saying that they were killed because they attacked the police operatives. Reacting to the controversies over the killing of the five IPOB members, the Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, Geoffrey Ogbonnia, in a statement said that the police operatives killed the IPOB members while repelling their attack.
They Attacked Our Operatives With Petrol Bombs – Nigerian Police Confirm Killing Of Five Alleged IPOB Members In AbiaSaharaReporters reported that the IPOB members were on a procession across the Aba commercial city when they encountered the policemen who in the ensuing clash, killed five of them.
Recall that some Nigerians had described the killing of the five IPOB members in the Osusu area of Aba as part of police extra-judicial killing in the country. But the Abia State Police spokesperson claimed that policemen on patrol came under attack from the IPOB/ESN members who, according to him, were armed with dangerous weapons.
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