Biafra: 17 Biafra citizens taken hostage and seized at the Onitsha Army Barracks
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Following our call on members of the public to check the
whereabouts of their possibly missing friends, neighbors
and relatives in connection with the dastardly act, and report such to us
through contact links attached in the
statement; more details have emerged.
The details include the abduction of two members of the
royal family of Ichi Community in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra
State. They are Princes Ogechukwu Okonkwo (31) and Nzubechukwu Okonkwo (25).
They are sons of Prince Emmanuel Okonkwo; younger brother of the traditional
ruler of Community, His Royal Highness, Igwe Lawrence Nwafor Okonkwo. Prince
Nzubechukwu Okonkwo was shot by soldiers in
two sides of his stomach and was rushed alongside others, by sympathizers to
the Multicare Hospital in Omagba Phase 11, Nkpor in Idemili North LGA of
Anambra State.
While they were being
attended to in the Hospital, the atrocious soldiers stormed the Hospital
at 10:08pm and bundled all of them
numbering 22 away including some sympathizers and relatives assisting them.
They were taken to the Onitsha Military
Cantonment, which is a stone’s throw from the Hospital.
The soldiers returned
late night with five critically injured ones, who were at the point of death
and ordered the director of the Hospital to continue their treatments and not
to allow any of them to leave the Hospital. The Hospital Director was further
ordered to routinely update the Commander
of the Cantonment, Col Issah Abdullahi (08053862233). Among those abducted and
still held hostage at the Onitsha
Military Cantonment are those that sustained leg and arms injuries from the
lethal military gunshots.
Till date, the state of their injuries has not been
ascertained. Among the sympathizers and relatives of the shot citizens bundled
to Onitsha Military Barracks is the elder
brother of Prince Nzubechukwu Okonkwo (07019375418); Prince Ogechukwu Okonkwo
(08123992263). The 17 citizens taken hostage
and seized at the Onitsha Army Barracks on Thursday under the directive of Col
Issah Abdullahi are yet to be freed."...........
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