Awomama Killing
A pro-Biafra group, Biafra Nations League (BnL), has come out in condemnation of the recent killing of 7 youths in Awomama, Imo State.
The youths were said to be returning from marriage on Sunday night when they were ambushed and gunned down by security operatives.
In an emergency security meeting in Bakassi Peninsula on Wednesday led by Ita Bassey, the region’s leader of the group, BnL threatened that security operatives will face the music for what happened in Imo.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International Nigeria has described as “horrifying”, the killing of the youths.
The operatives of a government-backed security outfit, Ebubeagu, were said to have carried out the killing on Sunday in a community called Owomama in Oru East Local Government Area (LGA) where the youths had gone to attend a marriage ceremony.
The victims were returning from the ceremony when the operatives allegedly opened fire on them.
Nnamdi Agbor, a leader in Otulu Community where the slain youths hailed from, was quoted in the local media as saying that the operatives kept firing gunshots at the victims who were down to ensure they were dead.
Agbor said many others who ran into the bush were still missing while some who sustained gunshot injuries had been taken to hospitals.
The police spokesperson in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed the killing. He said the police have begun an investigation into it.
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