Iran Press/Africa: The attack on Thursday, which the army blamed on the outlawed separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, claimed the lives of six civilians and five soldiers deployed at the Obikabia junction in the city of Aba, according to defense spokesperson Major-General Edward Buba.
“The military will be fierce in its response. We will bring overwhelming military pressure on the group to ensure their total defeat,” said Buba on Friday.
IPOB, which wants a separate state for the ethnic Igbo people in southeast Nigeria, denied it was behind attacks.
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