BREAKING: IPOB Coordinator, Mazi Kalu Umere Kalu, Dies In Ohafia Army Barrack, Army Refuse To Release Body To Deceased Family – Report
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced the passing away of Mazi Kalu Umere, a zonal Coordinator of Afikpo North who was illegally abducted by Nigerian security agents on April 22, 2021.
According to the information shared on the Facebook page of FWPI, a news outlet of IPOB, it stated that Umere died due to lack of medication for the injuries he was grievously inflicted with on his abduction at Arochukwu LGA, by the Nigerian soldiers.
"Information reaching the news desk of Family Writers Press International, can authoritatively confirm that Mazi Kalu Umere Kalu, is dead. He died on Monday 26th April 2021, at about 4:00am, at Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's Army Barrack in Ohafia, Abia State, due to lack of medication for the injuries he was grievously inflicted with on his abduction at Arochukwu local Government Area of the State, on Thursday 22nd April 2021, by the Nigerian soldiers."
JournalReporters learnt that the Nigerian Army has refused to release the lifeless body of Umere to his family for proper burial rites.
"The body of late Mazi Kalu Umere Kalu at the time of filing in this report, has not been released to the deceased family. The global community is hereby put on notice pertaining the targeted abduction, victimization, torture and killing of Biafrans by the Nigerian state and her agents."
Nigerian security agencies have continued to engage in extra judicial arrest, abduction and execution of members of IPOB – a movement of indigenous people seeking an independent nation from Nigeria state.
The Army boss and Buhari-led government, despite so many calls to dialogue with the agitating groups, have vowed to deal ruthlessly with people in the region exercising their inalienable right to self determination.
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April 26, 2021
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