Aba Crisis, Nigerian Army reacts to viral video

Prior to the video that went viral on Wednesday, September 13 2017, the Nigerian army has reacted to the viral video of some of its officials torturing members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

According to the video, some soldiers flogged some of the IPOB men and  ordered all of them to sleep in the mud by a roadside. While reacting to the video, the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sanni Usman, said the army will take necessary steps to investigate the origin of the video.

 Usman while speaking to journalists said: “We are aware of certain video being circulated. “We have gotten complaints of the said video, and have commenced an investigation into the matter and the report would be made public.

“The General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Major General Adamu Abubakar, is investigating it and whatever it is, we will definitely let the public know about the outcome." Also, the Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the governor , alongside traditional rulers in the state, met with the General Officer Commanding (GOC) commanding the 82 Division of the Nigeria Army Enugu, Major General A.B. Abubakar, at Government House in Umuahia, the Abia state capital on Wednesday. During the meeting, Ikpeazu and the Traditional rulers appealed to the GOC to reduce military presence in the state, particularly in Aba and umuahia, as tension in the areas have gone down The governor noted that the Nigerian Police and other security agencies should ensure that those who are brought into Abia from other states, in order to cause trouble and engage in acts capable of causing breach of law and order, should be prevented from entering the state.

Meanwhile, Governor Ikpeazu has extended the curfew imposed on Aba, the state's commercial city, from Thursday to Friday, September 15, 2017, as crisis continues between IPOB and the army in Abia state.

The governor made the new development known in a statement released via his chief press secretary, Enyinnaya Appolos. 

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