Are Soldiers Molesting Travelers On Onitsha Bridge?
Are Nigerian army soldiers molesting people on a bridge on Onitsha?
Umuahia-Ohaneze Youth Council has condemned what it describes as the molestation of Nigerians from the east of the country travelling home for Christmas and New Year celebrations at Onitsha Head Bridge, Anambra state by soldiers serving in the 302 Battalion of the Nigerian army in Onitsha.
In a statement by the National President of the Council, Mazi Okechukwu, the council said: “The officers and men of the 302 Battalion of the Nigerian Army at Onitsha appear to have a different agenda in that town. They appear to be there for [alleged] ethnic cleansing.
“In the past one month, these raw soldiers have [allegedly] killed more than 20 unarmed Igbo youths. This time around, they waylay Igbos returning home for Christmas and New Year holidays and rough-handle a lot of them.
“We can no longer tolerate this brazen act on our own land. We are neither at war nor are a conquered people. President Buhari should intervene in this matter before it turns into another thing. We have the right to protect the dignity of our people, he said.
“The army is provoking us by their brazen acts in the south east and south south. We hope there is no cabal in the Nigerian army that is pursuing an ethnic agenda and cleansing against Ndigbo.”
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Umuahia-Ohaneze Youth Council has been a vociferous advocate for the wider Igbo community for some time.
In November this year, the council demanded that Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase would ensure a thorough investigation into the attempted assassination of Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu.
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