The conflict went ahead the heels of festivities to check the 50th commemoration of the outdated Biafra republic, taking after the assertion of the Republic of Biafra on May 30, 1966 by the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
It is said that the serene commemoration festivity turned grisly when warriors of the 312 Artillery Brigade went up against the IPOB individuals, who had blocked real boulevards.
An observer said: "a large portion of the killings were done at Nkpor, a suburb of Onitsha, where IPOB had praised the Biafra Day".
Affirming the occurrence, when reached, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Alli Okechukwu, said:
"We are caught up with clearing the blocked streets in Onitsha, to guarantee that commonality returns. We are not including the quantity of setbacks right now."
In a related improvement on Monday, policemen and some individuals associated to be individuals with the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) conflicted in Asaba, Delta state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the occurrence happened along Anwai Road in the city when MASSOB individuals were walking to request freedom for a proposed separatist Biafra.
Witnesses said two policemen were tossed into River Niger, even as another officer was cut to death.
A witness, Uche Okelue, said the fracas broke out after a police group tossed teargas at the marchers with an end goal to scatter them.
"The police utilized teargas on the MASSOB individuals as they were challenging along Anwai Road toward the beginning of today, so the general population got irate and assaulted the policemen with blades and broken containers.
"They got one policeman, beat him up before wounding him to death; it was a wild encounter as everybody kept running in various bearings," Mr. Okelue said.
A cop, who argued secrecy, told NAN that the dissenters assaulted some officers at the extension, overwhelmed two of them, before tossing them into the waterway.
"We have possessed the capacity to recover one of them from the waterway. He was acquired out an oblivious disposition and raced to the healing center, be that as it may, the second casualty is as yet missing," he said.
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