This fracas which started since Monday the 7th of January 2019 has
continued unabated till today 9th of January 2019. The Yoruba hoodlums on
Monday, started from the market area of Ladipo by breaking down shops of
Biafran traders who had travelled to the Southeast for Christmas celebration
with their relatives. These hoodlums in their hundreds, stormed the shops, breaks them
down, loots the goods and set fire over whatever is left.
As Biafran Traders ran back to Lagos to see if they can gather whatever
is left, they are faced with more wreckages in their residential areas close to
this market.
At the wee hours of Wednesday the 8th of January and this morning 9th of
January, the hoodlums stormed yet again at the residential homes of Biafrans
who were still sleeping and broke down their homes, destroying their
properties worth millions of Naira and chasing them out.
In all of this unprovoked recklessness, there has been no response from
the State Government nor Security Forces to intervene and stop this
lawlessness.
On Investigation of the cause of this attack, a Biafran resident in one
of the affected houses told our correspondent that the hoodlums said the properties
in those areas no longer belong to the Biafrans who acquired them decades ago
and that they must vacate it or risk their lives.
From the video attached to this briefing by our correspondent, you will
see the level of destruction caused and a Biafran victim who narrated his
ordeal in the hands of these young Yoruba men.
You will find the dejection and frustrations in the faces of our people
as they managed to pick pieces of their broken furniture and wares amidst the
confusion as they try to relocate to wherever they can find shelter. So many
Biafrans may not even be as lucky as picking up pieces of their wares because
they are still in the East for the Christmas break.
This wickedness and humiliation on us are a clear message that we
(Biafrans) are no longer wanted in Nigeria.
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Written by:
Mazi Emeka Nwankwo & Mazi Chukwudi Okeke
For: Spot-On Media Lagos
Edited by:
Nwada Ngozichukwu Ada-Dav
For: Spot-On Media Lagos
Published by:
Chibuike John Nebeokike
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