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From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has raised the alarm saying its findings shows that out of every 15 citizens accused of being seriously involved in Biafra matters, 14 were innocent; out of every 15 persons arbitrarily arrested and detained without trial in Imo State, in connection with Biafra matters 13 were innocent.
The group also revealed that out of every 15 persons killed in the open by soldiers or police crack squads in connection with Biafra matters in Imo state, 13 were defenseless and unarmed; out of every 15 tortured/starved to death or shot and killed in detention in connection with “Biafra Matters,” the same number were defenseless and unarmed; out of every 15 abducted outside their family knowledge and official records by soldiers in connection with “Biafra Matters,” 14 were not likely to come back alive.
The Chairman of Intersociety, Mr. Emeka Umeagbalasi, in a briefing alleged that 700 civilians were killed by armed, non-state actors in Imo while 900 others abducted since January 2021.
“The armed, non-state actor entities in Imo State have since January 2021 killed at least 700 defenseless citizens and abducted 900 others; out of which 400 were killed in captivity and 300 died in open shootings that occurred in different parts of Imo State.
“Just as the dreaded Ebubeagu militias partook in the armed state-actor killing of 900, abduction/arrest of 3,500 and disappearance of 300, the dreaded militias also took a lion’s share alongside political death/killer squads and armed counterfeit agitators in the open shootings and killings that claimed the lives of 300 defenseless citizens in Imo State, jointly accounting for 250 deaths.
“The non-Islamic, kidnappers-for-ransom, the Jihadist Fulani herdsmen, the armed political opposition reprisal squads and other members of the armed street criminal entities took responsibility for the remaining 50 deaths,” Umeagbalasi stated.
