BRF Claims Responsibility For Ogbaru Secretariat Attack ~ OsazuwaAkonedo

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BRF Claims Responsibility For Ogbaru Secretariat Attack ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Anambra #Biafra #Ebubeagu #Imo #news #Ogbaru #vigilante https://osazuwaakonedo.online/brf-claims-responsibility-for-ogbaru-secretariat-attack/30/08/2024/ #news Published: August 30th, 2024 Reshared: August 30, 2024 11:13 pm Biafra Secessionist armed group known as Biafra Resistance Fighters has claimed

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00:00Biafra secessionist armed group known as Biafra Resistance Fighters has claimed responsibility

00:05for the early morning Friday attack on Ogbaru local government area secretariat in Anambra

00:11state.

00:12The group in a statement on Thia X social media platform, said, the attack was carried

00:18out in line with the 30 days lockdown of government secretariats in the Biafra land as declared

00:23by Simon Epa-led Biafra Agitation Group.

00:27The Biafra armed group also posted a video of some members of vigilante group killed

00:33at a location undisclosed on Friday.

00:36It was stated that the Biafra Liberation Army was responsible for the killing of the vigilantes

00:41which the secessionist armed group described them as members of Egubegu Security Network,

00:47a special vigilante group mainly operating in Igbo state.

00:51The armed group stated as tweeted thus, still on the lockdown of Nigerian secretariat in

00:57Biafra land, the Biafra Resistance Fighters has early this morning set ablaze the Ogbaru

01:02local government secretariat.

01:05It will serve as a warning to others.

01:07The Biafra Liberation Army neutralized the terrorist Egubegu today as the delegitimization

01:13of the terrorist state of Nigeria continues.

01:16According to reports, the Biafra Fighters who attacked the Ogbaru local government secretariat

01:22in the early hours of Friday, said several buildings ablaze, including a town hall designated

01:28for traditional rulers and various administrative facilities.

01:33An Angara stealth police command said confirmed that a large group of gunmen attacked and

01:38burnt down the secretariat of Ogbaru local government in the state, according to Sahara

01:43reporters.

01:44The spokesperson for the stealth police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident

01:50to Sahara reporters on Friday, saying, Attack on Ogbaru local government area in the early

01:56hours of today, the 30th of August 2024.

01:59The security operatives gallantry resisted the gunmen.

02:03Some local government area properties were destroyed.

02:06Some buildings were affected and no life was lost as joint security operation is still

02:10ongoing.

02:11Though no casualties have been reported so far, witnesses told the punch the attackers

02:17fired indiscriminately into the air, causing widespread panic among residents.

02:23One witness said, Around 5 a.m., about 30 gunmen emerged from the bushes, chanting as

02:30they stormed the local government secretariat and fired shots into the air.

02:35They moved from their hideouts to the nearby Ateni Magistrate Court and began setting buildings

02:40within the council premises on fire, including the men's secretariat and the traditional

02:45ruler's structures.

02:47They were in the process of igniting additional buildings when security forces arrived and

02:52fired back, causing the attackers to retreat into the bushes.

02:57According to the witness, just yesterday, a security guard named Cy died from bullet

03:03wounds sustained during a gun battle in the army community on August 27, 2024.

03:10On August 5, two young men were killed by the gunmen, and five days ago, a retired policeman

03:17was beaten to death by the same group.

03:20On June 15, 2024, Sahara reporters reported that gunmen suspected to be arsonists attacked

03:27the Sem Ogbaru local government area headquarters and said four security vehicles ablaze.

03:33The arsonists arrived at the local government headquarters on motorcycles, reported Sahara

03:39reporters.

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