Nigerian Army Secretly Airlifts Alleged IPOB Members Arrested In Rivers State To Detained Them At Notorious Kainji Barracks In Niger State
The onslaught in Oyigbo started after the Nigerian military claimed that some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra attacked security posts as they stole weapons, killed some security personnel and burnt police stations.


As the onslaught on residents of Oyigbo, a community in Rivers State, continues, SaharaReporters have uncovered how those arrested by soldiers are being detained alongside Boko Haram terrorists.

The onslaught in Oyigbo started after the Nigerian military claimed that some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra attacked security posts as they stole weapons, killed some security personnel and burnt police stations.

The government had claimed that six soldiers and four policemen were killed in Oyigbo.

Under the guise of arresting the perpetrators whom the military claimed lived in Oyigbo, troops were deployed to the community, embarking on killing spree and the arrest of people, mainly young men.

The activities of the military was aided by the curfew declared by the state governor immediately the soldiers invaded the community.

Some residents, who spoke with SaharaReporters said the soldiers shot at unarmed residents with the intent to kill while arresting anyone, who attempted to confront them or was lucky enough to escape being killed.

According to the police and media reports, 30 Oyigbo residents the authorities suspected to be IPOB members have been arrested while the government has been silent on the killings in the community.

However, SaharaReporters has discovered that more than 30 persons were arrested by the joint operations of soldiers and police officers.

The police announced a deflated figure of 30 while others are being transported out of the state for detention and probably torture.

SaharaReporters gathered that the soldiers airlifted those arrested to an underground prison inside Wawa Cantonment, New Bussa, Kainji, Niger State.

The prison, over the decade, has been known for detaining hundreds of Boko Haram suspects arrested during the ongoing insurgency in the Northern part of the country.

Confirming the airlifting of Oyigbo residents to SaharaReporters, an official at the Nigeria Airforce Base, Port Harcourt, said the military ordered all workers to leave the flight line in order for anyone not to identify those to be airlifted.

"The Nigerian Army brought in some guys perceived to have been arrested either on protest ground or in Oyigbo to the Airforce base in Port Harcourt.

"They were to be airlifted through the C-130 military aircraft to an unknown location.

"We could not know who they were or where they were taking them to because the military asked the airmen to leave the flight line so nobody sees what was going on," the official said as he substantiated findings by SaharaReporters.

Attempts by SaharaReporters to contact the spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sagir Musa, was unsuccessful as he ignored both calls and messages sent to his mobile number.

Meanwhile, a resident of Oyigbo said he saw soldiers burn down the house of a man, who sheltered four soldiers from attacks by hoodlums.

The man said a stray bullet shot by the army hit and killed a little child in his compound as well.

“Four of their soldiers ran into the house to be rescued and the man in the house helped them with new clothes. One of them was able to run away but the hoodlums killed the other three.
“The army broke bottle and stabbed the man, I think he survived.”

This was not the only act of destruction the source could testify to.

“On Saturday they went to a place called Ohafia quarters, there are some boys going with them showing them all these places, we don’t know who they are,” he narrated.

“They went there and burnt down a shrine and destroyed buildings.”

He said the military personnel in the area also shot into the air on Friday morning, forcing people to take cover in their homes.

Another resident, who spoke of the onslaught by the military, stated that the army blew out the brains of someone taking cover in a part of the community called Obaema.

According to him, this happened around the same time the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, was on a tour of the LGA amidst heavy security.

He said an aircraft was hovering close to the ground and scaring residents.

He stated, “Helicopter has been going around Oyigbo, like it wants to land, people have been running helter-skelter.”

He said the LGA has been deserted as well.

The source added that the squabble between the army and hoodlums, which started on the night of October 20, has put residents of the local government under immense hardship.

“These hoodlums, we don’t really know who they are. We are really regretting that they went and burnt those police stations, because we are really suffering," the resident added.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/24/nigerian-army-secretly-airlifts-alleged-ipob-members-arrested-rivers-state-detained-them

So Niger state being plagued by armed bandits is now the safest place to keep detainees.Unu chupugodi ndi BH na Nigeria tupu ndi IPOB agawa Niger State.Is Bubu not a wonderful man?

Misplaced priority I must say.

Treat everyone equally agitations will stop. We can't expect agitation free Nigeria without all inclusive system of governance

Ok

hope loveth360, giddygiddy, hanmarK (the guy wey dey type in caps) ain't there

Wike will surely pay for killing Igbos.

Sammy07:
hope loveth360, giddygiddy, hanmarK (the guy wey dey type in caps) ain't there

No leave no transfer until our land is restored.


The zoo should continue looking for trouble.


Last last it will divide.

Racoon:
So Niger now keep Nigerian detainees while dealing deadly blow on,BH terrorists that the govt back here is romancing them?

Perhaps Niger is now an extension of Nigeria.Unu chupugodi ndi BH na Nigeria tupu ndi IPOB agawa Niger Republic.Is Bubu not a wonderful man?

I think it is Niger state ,not Niger

Racoon:
So Niger now keep Nigerian detainees while dealing deadly blow on,BH terrorists that the govt back here is romancing them?

Perhaps Niger is now an extension of Nigeria.Unu chupugodi ndi BH na Nigeria tupu ndi IPOB agawa Niger Republic.Is Bubu not a wonderful man?

Niger state sir

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Meanwhile, a resident of Oyigbo said he saw soldiers burn down the house of a man, who sheltered four soldiers from attacks by hoodlums.

This is NIGERIA. Reason i don't pity them when boko haram is dealing with them.[/quote]

Y was it done in secretly if what they did was good? They know those guys are innocent. They didn't kill anybody or threaten people's life. All they want is to be out of a not working nation. This our military go just dey fall their hands uppandan

bigeliot:
Y was it done in secretly if what they did was good? They know those guys are innocent. They didn't kill anybody or threaten people's life. All they want is to be out of a not working nation. This our military go just dey fall their hands uppandan

Nigeria is evil country that needs to be destroyed by God.

Sammy07:
Niger state sir

Fixed! Thanks sir.

No secret under the sun ...they willl meet their end one day.....

When would CNN fo a report on the ongoing massacre in Obigbo? i asked because it seems only Western governments can make the government to act right.

hmmm,even napoleon met his waterloo,

Racoon:
So Niger state being plagued by armed bandits is now the safest place to keep detainees.Unu chupugodi ndi BH na Nigeria tupu ndi IPOB agawa Niger State.Is Bubu not a wonderful man?

Bandit in Niger state? Strange.

You're mistaken Niger for Katsina and Kaduna.

NIGER STATE is actually more peaceful than most Southern states maybe except states like Bayelsa, Ekiti

The zoo is latching on it's last straw before it's colapse.

Nice one. This is the best news I've heard this year.

God bless President Buhari,
God bless our Galant Soldiers.

They should rename them as Garba, Musa, Zubair,

I remember some years ago when it was headline news that a Soldier who had just left the barrack somewhere in London was ambushed and murdered by two Islamic fundamentalists. British Soldiers did not retaliate, they just called the Police who arrested both men. That is professionalism

The Nigerian Army has built a reputation for being an unprofessional group of armed thugs in uniform. Their brutality and crimes against humanity in Odi, Zakibiam, Zaria, Obigbo and Lekki toll gate are all testimony to this.

It will always be that way in Nigeria. But God willing, we Igbos will one day achieve our independent nation where such illegality, disregard for the rule of law and impunity by men in uniform will be a thing of the past

Wike should be held responsible. I pray and hope d International news agencies beam their searchlights on d extrajudicial killings taking place in Obigbo

Do they care?

It's Lekki toll gate "massacre without bodies" they want to die on top. Khaki boys una well done jare. Order must be restored whether Uche mefor likes it or not.

LukasPodolski:
Bandit in Niger state? Strange.You're mistaken Niger for Katsina and Kaduna.NIGER STATE is actually more peaceful than most Southern states maybe except states like Bayelsa, Ekiti

Niger state is also one of the hotbed of banditry up north.

"Concerned citizens decried the neglect suffered by the state, stressing that the challenge of banditry has made a lot of local government areas inhabitable..."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2020/10/30/you-scammed-us-into-voting-for-you-niger-state-indigenes-tell-buhari/

Sad

You may be surprise non of IPOB members were among the 30 persons airlifted to Niger.

Innocent people to be torture and suffer to death for the sin of politicians and society criminals.

Hmmmm how true is this, I dey fear Sahara Reporters o!

Wiseandtrue:

If the Nigerian Army can set fire on Lekki toll gate and claimed that it's protesters cum hoodlooms that did it

What's the probability that they are not the one that burn the police station down just to kill innocent citizens, most especially the Igbos who has strongly opposed and expose this evil regime

I just don't understand their interest in Obigbo

Na only Obigbo them burn police station, kill security men

Their aim is to try and justify the ‘terrorist’ tag they placed on IPOB! They claim IPOB is inconsequential and doesn’t have mass following, yet they go to this evil and ridiculous extent....to the point of wasting lives and infringing on human rights just to try and get rid of them!

Why are Igbo elites not saying anything about these atrocities, What in God's name are they afraid of?

My heart bleeds.