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.