Army Debunks Claims Of Mass Killing In South-East

On Wednesday, the Nigerian Army refuted claims that its soldiers were massacring civilians in Nigeria's South-East geopolitical zone.

Simon Ekpa, a self-described leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), made the allegations of mass murder.

Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations, refuted this in a statement, stating that the Nigerian Army had carried out a comprehensive investigation and found no evidence to support the allegations, in contrast to Ekpa's claims, which have gone viral on social media.

The soldiers in the video are members of the Nigerian Navy, not the Army, and they were conducting a standard weapon system test firing, according to General Nwachukwu.

In a widely shared video, Ekpa sounded the alarm, claiming that Nigerian Army soldiers are massacring innocent Igbo people and disposing of their bodies in a river.

Additionally, General Nwachukwu made it clear that the incident happened in the South-West zone rather than the South East and that there was no proof that anyone had been shot or killed in the river.

The Army said on Thursday that five soldiers in Abia State had been brutally murdered by non-state actors affiliated with the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of IPOB.

When the non-state actors killed the soldiers, it was rumoured that they were carrying out a sit-at-home directive throughout the Southeast.

Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of IPOB, and Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, the president of Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo, both disassociated themselves from the soldiers' deaths.

The military has promised to take revenge for the move.