Aba, Aug. 16, 2021
By Ijendu Iheaka (08033312507)
A yet-to_be identified young man was, on Monday, shot dead at the popular Gas-Line bus stop off Enugu - Port Harcourt Expressway by persons eyewitnesses said were in military uniform.
An eyewitness who did not want his name mentioned for security purposes said the deceased was killed by men suspected to be men of the Nigerian Army.
He said the men were on patrol with three Army coloured Vans and on sighting the people coming out to the road, they stopped, shot at them and left.
"We were all out here to see how things were going as there are no vehicles to go to market.
“Suddenly, the three Army Hilux Vans were crossing. They just stopped their vehicles, came down and opened fire.
"Some of us didn't run until we saw them pointing guns directly at us. We were not even protesting. This is my street. I only came out to check things out. Moreover, there is no sit-at-home today.
“What baffles me is that there was no single problem here. The boy their bullet caught on the chest died instantly as everyone ran for their dear lives before returning to see him dead.
"There are the same security men telling residents to come out that they will guarantee our safety.
“The same security saw residents who came out from their houses to know if they could find vehicles to go out to their businesses and decided to shoot them. What kind of country is this?
"They shut him, entered their vans and zoomed off. I saw it with my eyes. I wasn't told. His body has been taken away by people I learnt are hisrelatives, but people made videos of it”, he said.
When Our Correspondent contacted the Capt Ilya Dauda, Army PRO for 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Abia, he said that ‘there was nothing like the Army shooting and killing anybody in Aba”.
Following further probing, he added that the army did not also receive any information on men in military uniform shooting dead a resident in Aba.
Although the IPOB’s sit-at-home order could not be reversed with their earlier notice of its suspension on Friday in Aba,, some parts of Aba experienced chaos following the menace of the notorious Aro cult boys.
The areas where the situation turned into an opportunity for the Aro cult to extort people for coming out of their houses includes, Ariaria, Faulks Road, Okigwe Road, Osusu Road, Over-Rail and Power Line areas.
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