A few participants of the indigenous people of biafra on tuesday allegedly clashed with the hausa community in oyibo local authorities vicinity of rivers.
an eyewitness, who virtually recognized himself as frank, advised the information organization of nigeria that the incident left many injured from each facets.
he said the incident commenced while the suspected individuals of ipob accumulated at wooden junction looking forward to other contributors to sign up for a procession to aba, abia nation.
“thereafter, soldiers rounded up the ipob members using force to disperse the collection and leaving many ipob contributors injured.
“a deadly confrontation right away ensued between ipob members and infantrymen and ultimately caused some individuals venting their anger on the hausa community in the region,” he stated.
any other eyewitness, ibiere tamuno, said that numerous houses have been destroyed at some stage in the conflict.
consistent with her, the conflict commenced around 1 p.m. and lasted few hours earlier than the intervention of the army, police and other safety companies.
nan learnt that oyibo phase of the aba-port harcourt throughway changed into close down with human and vehicular movement limited.
the spokesman for 6 department of nigerian army, port harcourt, col. aminu illiyasu, confirmed the conflict and introduced that troops had been deployed to restore law and order in the area.
an eyewitness, who virtually recognized himself as frank, advised the information organization of nigeria that the incident left many injured from each facets.
he said the incident commenced while the suspected individuals of ipob accumulated at wooden junction looking forward to other contributors to sign up for a procession to aba, abia nation.
“thereafter, soldiers rounded up the ipob members using force to disperse the collection and leaving many ipob contributors injured.
“a deadly confrontation right away ensued between ipob members and infantrymen and ultimately caused some individuals venting their anger on the hausa community in the region,” he stated.
any other eyewitness, ibiere tamuno, said that numerous houses have been destroyed at some stage in the conflict.
consistent with her, the conflict commenced around 1 p.m. and lasted few hours earlier than the intervention of the army, police and other safety companies.
nan learnt that oyibo phase of the aba-port harcourt throughway changed into close down with human and vehicular movement limited.
the spokesman for 6 department of nigerian army, port harcourt, col. aminu illiyasu, confirmed the conflict and introduced that troops had been deployed to restore law and order in the area.
“we learnt that some ipob individuals disturbed the peace by attacking the hausa community and dangerous to burn down a mosque in oyibo local authorities location in rivers.
“we're but to verify if every body become injured or killed throughout the conflict but be confident that normalcy is presently being restored to the area.
“i'm nonetheless looking forward to the overall report of the event and as such information are nevertheless sketchy at the moment,” he stated.
iliyasu stated deployment of troops to the place turned into unconnected to operation python dance, presently on-stepping into 5 states of the southeast sector.
“we're but to verify if every body become injured or killed throughout the conflict but be confident that normalcy is presently being restored to the area.
“i'm nonetheless looking forward to the overall report of the event and as such information are nevertheless sketchy at the moment,” he stated.
iliyasu stated deployment of troops to the place turned into unconnected to operation python dance, presently on-stepping into 5 states of the southeast sector.
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