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Military on secret mission to de-populate Igbo youths, S’East youth leaders allege
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By Steve Oko, Aba
Coalition of South East Youth Leaders COSEYL, has alleged that the Nigerian military is on a secret mission in the zone to depopulate Igbo youths.
The group, in a tersely-worded press statement, asked the Federal Government to pull out troops deployed in the zone for special operation, accusing them of extrajudicial killings of Igbo youths.
COSEYL was reacting to the killing of a 39-year -old Owerri businessman, Mr. Noel Chigbu by the military at Amakohia junction, for allegedly “ violating their checkpoint rule” on Friday, April 30, 2021; and the unlawful killing of a first -year law student of Imo State University, Divine Nwaneri at a military checkpoint close to Imo State Governor’s Office.
A socio-political group in Southeast Nigeria, Igbo National Council INC, has raised alarm over what it termed as the arbitrary and unprovoked arrest of Igbo youths and women in some communities in Ohaji-Egbema and Oguta local government areas of Imo state respectively by the Nigerian Army.
The Igbo group claimed that the Nigerian Army has continued to raid some communities in Imo State to effect the arrest of youths and women who the Army suspects of being members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, and having links with the Eastern Security Network ESN.
The INC in a statement signed by its President, Chilos Godsent and on Wednesday, called on Imo Governor, Hope Uzodinma and President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to quickly intervene and stop the Army from further raiding and arresting youths and women of these communities over allegation of being members of IPOB.