UMUAHIA — SCORES of youths were allegedly injured, yesterday, as gunmen suspected to be soldiers, who came in Hilux Pick-up vans, allegedly attacked the Umuahia country home of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
One of the persons allegedly wounded by uniformed men at Leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s home in Umuahia, yesterday.
The IPOB claimed, last night, that five people were killed and about 30 others were injured in the attack.
However, videos of the clash showing clubs and stone-wielding youths, who clashed with the troop, indicated that scores were injured.
One of the youths, who was shot on his right thigh was seen battling for life as his colleagues administered first aid.
IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, told Vanguard that the attackers wore army and police uniforms and drove into the palace of the traditional ruler of Afaraukwu, who is the father of Nnamdi Kanu and started shooting people.
He said in a statement: “We did not clash with anybody or group. The attackers wore Nigerian soldiers and Nigeria Police uniforms and came to kill our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in his compound at Afaraukwu, Umuahia and started shooting sporadically and killed five people and up to 30 other people had bullet wounds. After attacking our people, they drove off. They came in five Hilux vans.”
In the interim one of the injured IPOB individuals was taken to the Federal Medical Center, Umuahia, where specialists were doing combating to spare his live.A specialist on obligation at the crisis unit of the clinic said the IPOB part managed discharge damage at "the thigh region."We neither assaulted nor slaughtered anybody — ArmyHowever, an announcement marked by Major Oyegoke Gbadamosi, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 14 Brigade Nigerian Army stated: "The consideration of 14 Brigade Nigerian Army, has been attracted to invented news going round particularly on the online networking that troops have attacked the home of Nnamdi Kanu and executed three persons."This is a long way from reality. Or maybe, it was a gathering of suspected IPOB aggressors that hindered the street against troops of 145 Battalion while on show of power along FMC-World Bank Road in Umuahia town, Abia State at around 6.00-6.30pm, today (yesterday)."They demanded that the military vehicles would not pass and began pelting the warriors with stones and broken jugs to the point of harming a blameless female bystander and a trooper, Corporal Kolawole Mathew."The troops discharged cautioning shots noticeable all around and the punks scattered. No life was lost."Therefore, people in general are generously ordered to dismiss the bits of gossip going round and the imaginary photos of implied casualties of attack."Both the warrior and the honest female bystander have been cleared to the unit's Medical Inspection Room and are accepting treatment."We might want to utilize this chance to caution insidiousness creators undermining the peace and security of the nation through lie, for example,
above.Members of the general population are please asked for to approach their legal business and report any suspicious movement to the closest police headquarters or security."Ohanaeze , ECA, MASSOB reactContacted on the issue, President-General of Ohanaeze, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, declined remarks until in the wake of counseling with the Abia State Chairman of Ohanaeze and other Igbo leaders.Secretary of the Eastern Consultative Assembly, Evangelist Elliot Uko, thought about whether the assault was a prelude to the Operation Python Dance 11 that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai, has intended to do in the South-East.''We (ECA) are cautioning that if the Army did not angle out the offenders who shot at the living arrangement of Nnamdi Kanu, it will be setting a movement for wild emergency that will overpower the nation. ''Going to shoot at Nnamdi Kanu's living arrangement will just develop the outrage and severity in the land. This will be imbecilic and counter-gainful,'' he said.Reacting to the advancement, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, said the assault was another endeavor by the Chief of Army Staff to scare the general population with a multitude of occupation.MASSOB pioneer, Comrade Uchenna Madu,
who glared at the improvement, approached President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff to arrange the withdrawal of fighters from the South East immediately or be set up to confront lawful activity for asserted infringement of human rights.MASSOB stated: ''President Buhari ought to comprehend that Nigeria as a signatory and individual from United Nations and African Nation on human and individuals' correct which is cherished in human and individuals rights contract, should quit damaging people groups appropriate for the sake of giving security where there is no danger to security."The operation python move or Egwu-squeeze in Biafran arrive is demonstration of disappointment from Nigerian government and the Chief of Army Staff, who has neglected to catch the Boko-Haram pioneer,
Shekau on the stipulated date given to him."General Tukur Buratai has never considered it fit to dispatch operation 'machiji or kunama meaning operation wind chomp or scorpion sting separately against the Hausa/Fulani herders who approached slaughtering individuals, assaulting ladies and young ladies, setting individuals' homes on fire; rather, he is coming to Biafra land to dispatch pointless security operation that is unnecessary because of no risk to security."This All Progressives Congress, APC-drove government is loaded with tyrants and human right violators. We can't flee from our fathers' territory, no measure of military and police sending will prevent us from seeking after our authentic ideal for self assurance which is Biafra actualization.
"It is shocking that Chief of Army Staff and his troop have neglected to reestablish peace in North East where Boko-Haram has been in charge for a long time now.''Nigerian security specialists have neglected to capture Alhaji Yerima Shetima of Arewa young people and the backers for the quit see they issued to Ndigbo, yet they are caught up with chasing for those that are not chasing them or exasperating them in any way."Police affirm clashThe Abia police official, Leye Oyebade, who affirmed the episode, said in an instant message that: "I have recently addressed the C.O. [Commanding Officer]. He said a repaired Military defensively covered vehicle was utilized to watch the Umuahia city.
I assembled that they were shooting sporadically, which prompted the IPOB aggregate using blades, tossing broken containers at them."Unfortunately, a police man on monitor obligations going to work was macheted by the IPOB gathering, while a warrior and a non military personnel were similarly harmed. All are being dealt with in the Police Clinic for minor wounds managed. Regularity has since been restored."The affirmed attack of Kanu's home came scarcely two days after the Army declared an organization of troops to the area on an uncommon operation it called Operation Python Dance II.Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, who unveiled this, last Friday, at a public interview, implied likewise that the activity, codenamed Python Dance II, would be in five South Eastern conditions of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo.According to the Army manager, who was spoken to on the event by the Chief of Training and Operations, Maj. Gen D.D Ahmadu, the activity will be led in 82 Division territory of obligation of those five states and the activity is booked to occur from September 15 to October 14, 2017.Buratai said the goal of the activity was to successfully contain the revealed instances of hijacking and different indecencies predominant in the South East every Yuletide season."The requirement for troops to be worked out, revived and soak up the imperative aptitudes to adapt to these rising security challenges inside the 82 Division region of duty in help of common expert requires this activity, "he added.According to him, accentuation will be put on assaults,
cordon and inquiry operations, against abducting drills, detours, check focuses, watches, compassionate alleviation exercises, for example, medicinal effort and show of power to control the rising danger to national security in the South Eastern piece of the country.""Exercise EGWU EKE II has turned out to be more catalyst because of the thoughtless deaths (even in religious spots), assaults on security staff and robbery of weapons, kidnappings, furnished banditry and savage tumults by secessionist gatherings, among different violations that have as of late bothered the region."It is relevant to specify that the security,
wellbeing and prosperity of blameless and reputable residents of the states specified above have been satisfactorily calculated into the arranging of the activity. In this manner, the privileges of people as cherished in the constitution would be regarded and safeguarded."Additionally,
EGWU EKE II is likewise conceptualized to travel into ongoing operations, consequently satisfying both preparing and operational targets of honing operational abilities of work force and giving a road to direct operations against rough culprits and instigators when called upon."As antecedent to a tranquil "coal" period and yuletide, arrangement has just been made for the smooth lead of the activity. EGWU EKE II will be one of a kind with the foundation of Brigade Headquarters in each of Abia,
Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States."It is essential to specify that EGWU EKE II is set to be another age making action that would make the country glad for the Nigerian Army's assurance at supporting its sacred part of safeguarding the regional uprightness of the country and its responsibility regarding help the common expert to realize peace and security in the south eastern piece of our dear nation specifically, and the whole country by and large," he said.He, consequently, instructed individuals concerning general society, particularly occupants of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states not to freeze as their wellbeing and prosperity was ensured at all times.A comparable exercise was directed between November 27 and December 27, 2016.
The Nigerian Army has denied the attack and killings of anybody in Afaraukwu the home town of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Scarcely 24 hours after the Nigerian armed force said it would start its second period of Operation Python Dance II in the South Eastern states, 
