Nigerian Army has denied circulating reports that its officials attacked Ibadan residence of Yoruba secessionist agitator, Sunday Igboho in Ibadan, killed persons, and took their bodies away.
The men, dressed in military uniform attacked the house located in the Soka area of Ibadan at about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, destroying valuable assets in the building.
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Footage from the incident, shared by loyalists of the agitator, also contained blood spills in the activist’s living room and vehicles destroyed.
A commentator in a live video of the incident said the soldiers stormed the residence with five patrol vans, Hilux, and private vehicles and passed through Iwo road from Soka after the attack.
According to her, soldiers departed the residence at about 04:30 a.m.
Reacting, Banji Akintoye, the leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, confirmed the attack, adding that seven persons were allegedly killed and taken away.
He claimed that Igboho’s wife alongside scores were also taken away by the soldiers who did not present a warrant when they invaded the residential property.
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Akintoye stated;
I want to say to the whole world that the attack was carried out by the elements of the Nigerian Army who were accompanied by international terrorists hired by the Nigerian state.
The Assailants spoke the French language fluently. Seven people were killed by the attackers, with their corpses taken away. Scores of people, including the wife of chief Ighoho, were also taken away by the gunmen.
Meanwhile, Oluyomi Koiki, a spokesperson for Igboho in an update on Facebook stated that “two people killed, 10 taken away now about to be taken to Abuja.”
However, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Onyema Nwachukwu, expressed he was unaware of the incident, according to PeoplesGazette.
Speaking over the phone, he stated;
There’s nothing like that, I don’t have that information. Soldiers did not carry out an attack on Igboho.
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Sunday Igboho himself, who is expected to hold a rally in Lagos on Saturday, was yet to react to the incident, as at the time of filing this report.
