The South East Governors’ Forum has condemned the killing of two soldiers at a checkpoint at Aba in Abia State on Thursday. The attack, which occurred at Obikabia Junction in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the state, was blamed on pro-Biafra agitators allegedly enforcing the sit-at-home order given by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The sit-at-home order was given to remember on Thursday, May 30, Igbo people who died in the Nigerian Civil War. The Forum described the attack as “unfortunate” and “a major setback to the peace process being pursued by the governors from the zone with the Federal Government, security agencies and other critical stakeholders on how best to resolve the problem of security in the region.” The Forum also condoled the Chief of Army Staff and the families of soldiers who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident.
