HIGHLIGHTS
A dozen students created a ruckus in city's Hennur,
allegedly attacking a fellow national.
Bengaluru police are now looking at getting the students
involved in violence deported.
BENGALURU: The secessionist struggle in Nigeria is spilling
blood on Bengaluru's roads, with students from the
African country taking sides over the issue and clashing
repeatedly. City police are now looking at getting the
students concerned deported, a source said.
In the latest in this series of attacks and counter-attacks
over the Biafra secession issue in Nigeria, a dozen students
created a ruckus in Hennur in the early hours of Sunday,
allegedly attacking the residence of Elvis Ohachosim, 39, a
fellow national, and set ablaze his car.
The pre-dawn attack was in retaliation to Elvis attacking two
Nigerian friends the previous evening. Police said Sunday's
arson is the latest skirmish between two groups of Nigerians
since September 3, when N Chigozie, a resident of Hennur,
and a Nigerian national himself, allegedly died in suspicious
circumstances, after clashes between the gangs at an African
restaurant in Kothanur.
"We have filed four cases against these two groups in just 20
days," a police officer said.
According to Elvis' complaint, a gang of 12 people knocked
on the door of his Vaddarapalya residence around 3am. Elvis
said he did not open the door and the gangsters set afire his
car parked by the roadside, and threatened him with dire
consequences before leaving.
Hennur police filed a case against 12 Nigerians in the FIR.
Police said the car was gutted partially, as the fire was put
out with help from some locals.
The mystery death
Chigozie was found dead near Geddalahalli railway track on
September 3. Kothanur police initially treated it as a road
accident, but later filed a case of murder. They are now
awaiting the FSL report before proceeding with
investigations.
This baby needs an urgent liver transplant!
Chigozie's brother Nonso Odedike, meanwhile, filed a
complaint accusing a group of Nigerians led by Aiwa of
attacking him and his brother at African Kitchen in Kothanur,
on the night of September 2. Police held six Africans and
recently, all of them were released on bail.
Chigozie is suspected to have died when fleeing African
Kitchen. He and his brother were said to be discussing the
Biafra issue when they were attacked.
Two groups - one supporting Chigozie's brother Nonso and
the other supporting the six accused - have been clashing
repeatedly after September 3, police said. Elvis is believed to
have led a gang of Nonso's supporters and attacked
Christoper Okwi Onuigbo and his friend Ani Charles, who was
arrested for the September 2 attack on Nonso, near Byrathi,
on Saturday night.
Kothanur police filed a case against six people, including
Elvis. Elvis' rivals struck at his house in a retaliatory raid
hours later, and torched his car. A probe is under way in all
four cases.
"There are two gangs of Nigerians who are clashing over
political reasons. We will submit a report about them to the
FRRO," S Girish, DCP (Northeast division) said.
Police said the accused in all four cases are Nigerian
nationals and have come to India either on business or
student visas.
Nonso's supporters have been identified as Elvis Ohachosim,
Emmanuel, Grant, Pastor Jeremiah, among others.
His rivals are Aiwa Chuks, Obinna Charles, Okwuchukwu
Christopher, Chinedu, Zola Henry, Blessing Ikoko, Morris,
Black C, Vin, Sunny Ejinkeonye, Gana Nwagbo, Bona Nwaizu
and others.
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Biafrans clashing with Biafrans outside Africa! Is this really true or made up?