The military chief made the remark in a dialogue with the pressmen. He noted that the clampdown on Ekpa had reduced violent incidents in the region, which has long battled insecurity linked to separatist groups. A Nigerian-Finnish citizen, Ekpa, spearheads a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, a group seeking the secession of the South-east […]
In a report titled “A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in Southeast Nigeria,” the rights group said over 1,844 people were killed between January 2021 and June 2023. It also documented cases of torture, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary arrests by the military, police, Ebube Agu security outfit, and non-state actors. Country Director Isa […]