Four IPOB Members, Two Policemen Die In Anambra Clash

Two policemen and four others believed to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday died during IPOB ’ s protest in Nnewi , Anambra State.

But the Anambra Police command said only a policeman died in the protest while a Divisional Police Officer in the area was hospitalised following injuries sustained in the clash.

Speaking with our correspondent on the telephone , a Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations , Mike Okoli said , ” I will confirm to you that we lost a policeman in the clash ; an inspector. The DPO who went with him to that operation is hospitalised . I can ’ t tell you of any other casualties ; this is the much I know . ”

It was gathered that the pro – Biafran agitators marched round Nnewi and environs on Friday sensitising the people about the need for a referendum to determine a sovereign state of Biafra and rejection of the 2019 general elections.

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