- A clash at the popular Isi Gate area in Umuahia, the Abia state capital forces business owners to abruptly close shops - The reported ...
- A clash at the popular Isi Gate area in Umuahia, the Abia state capital forces business owners to abruptly close shops
- The reported clash began over a disagreement between soldiers at a checkpoint and a commercial tricycle operator
- A member of IPOB says the soldiers shot at and injured some people who had remained peaceful and were appealing to the soldiers to release the tricyclist
The Nation reports that the clash which occurred at the popular Isi Gate area shut down the city as business owners were forced to close their shops over fear of arrest or beingcaught up in the crisis.
Though details about what sparked the clash between the soldiers and the IPOB remains unclear, some sources claim the clash began after soldiers at a checkpoint around Isi Gate stopped a commercial tricycle operator and demanded that the driver should hand over to them the Biafra and IPOB insigma in his tricycle, but that the driver refused.
It was reported that the refusal of the driver to comply with the order escalated into a heated argument which attracted a crowd.
It was said that the soldiers on seeing that a crowd was gathering shot into the air to scare people, but that the crowd overpowered them and injured some of them in the process.
Another version of the incident claims that the refusal of a tricycle operator to give money to some soldiers stationed at Isi Gate who were extorting commercial tricycle operators sparked the crisis.
It was reported that the soldiers slapped the commercial tricyclist for refusing to give them money and this situation degenerated into a fight when members of the union in solidarity with their member engaged the soldiers in a brawl.
Speaking on the incident, a member of IPOB who did not want his identity revealed, said the soldiers shot at and injured some of the people who had remained peaceful and were appealing to the soldiers to release the tricyclist to go about his business since they couldn’t find anything incriminating on him.
But the public relations officer of 14 Brigade Ohafia, Major Oyegoke Gbadamosi, denied thatthe soldiers fueled the crisis.
He alleged that the operational vehicle of the soldiers was damaged by the crowd and that some of the soldiers injured in the incident were in an undisclosed hospital where they were receiving medical attention.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that a Muhammadu Buhari look alike isthe one currently parading himself as the president.
He claimed that the government hired a look-alike Sudanese man named Jubril to come and stand in for operator
The IPOB leader made the allegation in a videofootage which surfaced online on Sunday, September 03, 2017.
In the footage, Kanu, when addressing some IPOB supporters alleged that the man posing to be President Buhari was brought to the country after extensive surgery.
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