Video: IPOB agitators begin stop, search for Northerners

Suspected members of the Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday went on rampage for Northerners in South Eastern Nigeria.

This is coming after tension started in different parts of Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State on Tuesday evening following a reported clash between soldiers and members of IPOB.

As a result of the reported clash, unconfirmed reports have it that a number of people reportedly died in the process.

Recall that trouble started when some members of IPOB who left Aba in the morning for Umuahia in solidarity for their leader, Nnamdi Kanu over the invasion of his house at Afara Ukwu, Umuahia, were alleged to have been stopped by soldiers at Isiala Ngwa junction along the Enugu/Port Harcourt Express were manhandled, some of them being forced to roll inside muddy water.

The agitators were captured in a video by one of the commuters in a transporter vehicle arriving the South East.

In the video, a number of trucks suspected to be driven by Northerners were set ablaze.

Watch Video : https://twitter.com/_/status/908077952809799680

The IPOB members were said to be on the way to Nnamdi Kanu’s home in Umuahia to receive IPOB Deputy Leader Uche Mefor, who reportedly arrived Umuahia from London.

The source said when they heard the rumour of the killing of their members in Abia, they mobilized and began to protest.

It was also reported that some IPOB members seized three rifles from policemen and burnt a police van at the junction (Oyigbo), forcing businesses and shop owners to lock up as motorists and commuters ran for dear lives.

Spokesman of 6 Brigade Col. Aminu Iliyasu denied that soldiers were deployed in Obigbo to stop IPOB members from going to Umuahia, noting that they could only shoot if they were attacked.

Col. Iliyasu said:”I am in Bayelsa now, but people have been calling, telling me that there is a situation in the Obigbo area. But I don’t know exactly where this is happening. One thing is certain, no soldier was deployed in Obigbo and asked to stop IPOB members from travelling to Umuahia.”

The video was posted on social media by Kayode Ogundamisi