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Two policemen were reportedly killed on Monday over an alleged attack on the house of Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The killing, it was gathered was in retaliation for the attack on the lawyer’s house as the youths in the community killed two policemen and burnt them at the Nkwo Market  area of Oraifite.

“The police may have gone to Ejiofor’s house in error thinking that the cult boys they were looking for were the ones who gathered in the IPOB lawyer’s house.

“The police on reaching the lawyer’s house had an altercation with the IPOB members which led to the police opening fire on the IPOB members and in reaction, the angry youths of Oraifite mobilised and attacked the policemen and in the process, two policemen were killed and burnt,” a source said.

It was gathered that the situation hindered vehicular movement for hours as the roads were deserted for fear of a possible mass arrest.

The traditional ruler of Oraifite,  Igwe  Dan Udeorji, confirmed the incident but said he did not have the details of the matter, adding that he was somewhere when he received a text message about the incident.

He said, “I think every problem can be settled through dialogue, instead of killing people. We must maintain peace at all time; killing and rioting will not lead anybody to anywhere. Government needs to re-educate the police and the Army. Killing citizens is not the way.”

Earlier, Kanu had alleged that the police and the army killed three men when they invaded the house of his lawyer.

In a statement he personally signed in Awka, the Anambra State capital, Kanu called on world bodies to ‘intervene in the intimation of IPOB members in Nigeria.’

He wrote, “Confirmed reports indicate that a combined team of Nigeria police and military assassination squad invaded the home of my lawyer, Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in Oraifite, Anambra State this morning, Monday in a bid to kill him and his family.

“Sadly, three innocent Biafrans were killed by the invading Fulani force at his residence.

“This comes on the heel of yet another killing of two IPOB family members who were peacefully gathered in Arondizuogu on Sunday December 1. Their bodies are still in the morgue.

 “Police and army must know that the time is fast approaching when British diplomatic clout and protection may not be enough to shield them from the consequences of their daily crimes against innocent Biafrans.”

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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