According to Facebook user Somto Okonkwo Army officers yesterday opened fire on IPOB members in Umuahia, read below;
There are lots of shooting going on right now in Isi -gate, Umuahia the capital of Abia State. According to residence who were at the scene at the time of the incident, a commercial tricyclist popularly known as keke driver, puts a Biafra flag in front of his tricycle.
On reaching a check-point, a Nigeria army stopped him and start asking him what the flag is all about.
The man responded by answered the solider that it is a Biafra flag, and that he is a Biafran, before everyone knew exactly what is going on, the solider slapped the tricyclist and started dragging him away.
At a point, the guy couldn’t bear the pain any more and started to defend himself but instead of calming the situation down the Nigeria soldier shot him in the leg.
As the incident continued, Nigeria army signaled there base who sent more battalions of soldiers to the entire arena of ISI Gate and started shooting live bullets at harmless citizens .
According to people who were present live, about two persons were confirmed death while several others sustained different degrees of chronic injuries and others dead.