The Burning of Houses in Ndiegoro by Nigerian Police; an Interview Granted by a Native

THE BIAFRA TIMES | OCTOBER 31, 2019

Furthering investigations on police brutality and the burning of houses Ndiegoro community Aba, Biafra Writers went to the scene of the horrific event and spoke with Natives. One of the natives who offered a full account of the ugly incident is Mazi Anya-Ugo Nwokolo. He is a squad commander of a vigilante group known as Neighbourhood-watch. Biafra Writer's correspondent, Mazi Princewill Akubumma, conducted the interview. Excerpts:

Biafra Writer's Correspondent (BWC): Good evening my brother. Can you tell us your name and what you do for a living, please?

Nwokolo: My name is Mr. Anya-ugo Nwokolo, I am a squad commander of neighborhood watch. We watch and secure this street, Obohia in Ngwa community of Aba south here in Abia state.

BWC: We learnt that there have been indiscriminate arrests of people here. Can you please tell us how it started?

Nwokolo: This whole saga started on Thursday 26th of September 2019. In the noon of that day, members of the Nigerian Police Force went to a bunk to collect title from weed sellers as they routinely do. Right there in the bunk, a misunderstanding ensued, triggering off the ugly drama.

BWC: Please what do you mean by these words 'bunk' and 'Title'?

Nwokolo: Oh, so sorry for using coded names.

All: Laughs.

Nwokolo: Bunk is the name of a place where weeds (marijuana) are sold and smoked while 'Title' refers to bribe usually given to policemen when they come. In most cases, the policemen join the boys there to smoking.

BWC: Ok, I see. So what happened at the bunk?

Nwokolo: That very day the boys refused to part with their money. Argument ensued, culminating in a fight.  The police were overpowered and their rifles taken. In the hit of it all, a police officer and their driver lost their life.

BWC: How did you come about this, were you inside the bunk at the time?

Nwokolo: No, I wasn't in the bunk but as a Neighborhood-watch squad commander, I ask questions. I make investigations. So that’s how I learnt about what happened in the bunk that day.

BWC: Ok, very well. Then after the incident what happened next?

Nwokolo: You know, as it has become the tradition in the Nigerian police force, they see this kind of issue as an opportunity to make money. They at once began a massive arrest of citizens, combing every street here in Ndiegoro community. When the cells in Cameroun Barracks couldn’t contain more people, they moved to Central Police Station (CPS), and when that in turn filled up, they diverted to Area Command Unit. When that too got filled up, they moved to Eziama Police cells, which soon got filled too. Having nowhere else to pack in the people, they resorted to burning people’s houses and other properties worth millions of naira.

BWC: You just said that the police usually take this kind of situation as an avenue to make money, how do you mean?

Nwokolo: Yes, this is because once anybody is arrested, their family members must bail them with money, and so the more people they have in their cells, the more money in their pockets.

BWC: So, they wouldn't worry about the fate of their colleagues by carrying out investigations to fish out the culprits rather than arresting and throwing innocent people into cells just to extort?

Nwokolo: That's how they do their own investigations. Worse still, they would force those arrested to make statements under duress. Thereafter they would ask the family members to pay outrageous amount for their bailout.

BWC: So pathetic, isn't it?

Nwokolo: Very pathetic. Regrettable and unfortunate

BWC: We heard that many houses were razed to the ground, who were responsible for that?

Nwokolo: Many houses were set ablaze by the police officers, the video footage and the photos trending on the social media are the evidence.

BWC: So tell us how it happened

Nwokolo: The burning of houses started on Friday night, September 27, 2019. On that day, I and my men were on our duty post at 12:45am when suddenly there appeared a vehicle with dimmed headlamp approaching us in low speed. I alerted my boys to be on guard. On a closer observation, I found out that the approaching vehicle was not alone; there were other vehicles following behind. These other vehicles had their headlamps switched off.

BWC: You told your men to be on guard, was it to get their guns ready or what?

Nwokolo: Guns? No o, we have been banned from using guns while securing the neighborhood; this was an order from the government. I just asked them to position themselves well just in case, while I stood at the center of the road with my torchlight and a club in my hand.

BWC: With a club and torchlight? Do you think you can secure the neighborhood with that?

Nwokolo: I don't consider it wise to guard the neighborhood with bare hands, but what can we do since the government prohibited us from using guns while on duty?

BWC: Incredible! So what happened next?

Nwokolo: Immediately the vehicle in the front got to where I was standing, all other vehicles behind it turned on their headlamps and many hefty men jumped down from the vehicles and surrounded me and my men with AK47 assault rifles padded with double and triple magazines. It was at this point that I found out that the vehicles were 7 in number and they were Toyota Hilux vehicles which were mainly used for patrolling by the Nigerian police. The men were in plain clothes, however, the only suggestion that they are men of the Nigerian Police being the bold inscription, “Police,” on each side of the vehicles.

I demanded to know who they are, but rather than answer my question, a huge man whom I supposed to be their leader ordered me to come. I took the courage and walked towards him as the rest fixed the barrel of their guns at me. After observing me thoroughly, their leader demanded to know who I am. I identified myself as the squad Commander in charge of that area and the man then demanded for my identity card which I produced from my wallet and handed it to him. After going through the I. D. Card, he handed it back to me and then spoke a certain language which I am not familiar with. Three of his men then moved in to inspect my men once again, this time in a closer range. Thereafter they returned to their vehicles and drove off. As soon as they were out of earshot, I made a phone call to alert my men in the area they were headed. Within minutes I started to hear gunshots in that direction. We also saw flames and smoke rising from that same direction.

My men in that area called to report what has happened, warning me to stay clear of the road as it is very dangerous to encounter them as they return. We immediately took cover and keep watching the road from a vintage position. When they got to the place they met us initially, they alighted and searched for us. Not finding us, they jumped back into their vehicles and zoomed off.

My men in the affected area informed me that those men in police vehicles arrived with gallons of petrol with which they set people's houses and property ablaze. This I confirmed myself when I got there that night.

BWC: So what happened the next morning?

Nwokolo: On the following morning being Saturday, September 28, 2019, many people were woken up with shouts of help and crying of anguish. The men in police vehicles had gone to another street in the noon of that same day to set more buildings ablaze. As that was a busy hour, inhabitants were in the market and other workplaces. The house burning continued unabated till Tuesday 1, October 2019, with the perpetrators going from one street to another.  Receiving no help from the government, the youths of Ndiegoro community decide to take their destiny into their hands, coming out en masse to defend themselves and their property.

BWC: That's very sad. But who owned those houses being burned? Do they belong to the weed sellers that had issue with the bribe-taking and weed-smoking policemen or were the policemen just burning down houses at random?

Nwokolo: The houses they burnt did not belong to any weed seller. No one even knows who the weed sellers that had problem with the police actually are because the incident took place in a bunk and not in the street.

BWC: So what did the traditional rulers of that community and the government of Abia state do?

Nwokolo: The state government didn't do anything. The traditional rulers and some concerned members of the state House of Assembly however intervened. Sadly, many houses and property have already been destroyed.

BWC: How did they intervene? Was there any compensation to the victims who are presumably homeless now?

Nwokolo: There was nothing like compensation. As we speak, the affected people are homeless.  Some of them who are not from this area have gone back to their village, while those from this community, having nowhere to go to, roam the streets aimlessly.  This too is very dangerous because the same police officers and army who made them homeless will arrest them at night and tag them, thieves and armed robbers.

BWC: Thanks for your time.

Nwokolo: Thanks.

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Investigate Attack by Nigerian Police Ndiegoro on Abia Community, AI Urged Authorities

12 October 2019 | The Biafra Times

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA PRESS RELEASE

The Nigerian authorities must investigate the burning of nine (9) buildings and arrest of dozens of men and women by the police in Ndiegoro, a community in Aba South local government, Abia state, says Amnesty International Nigeria.

At least 9 buildings were burnt and 50 men and women arrested over 4-days; when policemen besieged the community between 26 September to 1 October 2019 in retaliation for the killing of a police officer and a police driver in the area.

Witnesses told Amnesty International that on Thursday 26th September 2019, a police officer attached to the Cameroun Barracks (Ndiegoro) police station and a civilian driver were killed by assailants, at a police checkpoint in Ama Nmonwu area of Aba.  Scores of policemen returned to Ndiegoro later in the evening without warrant and arrested over 50 residents including children. The indiscriminate arrests continued till Tuesday 1 October 2019 when the police returned with about 12 Hilux vehicles and randomly set at least 9 buildings and shops on fire.

“We condemn the killing of policemen and demand that every lawful effort be made to bring the perpetrators to justice, but it is essential that both Nigerian law and international human rights laws are respected. Police have a duty to maintain public order, and in doing so they may use force only where strictly necessary. If the use of force is unavoidable, it must be done with restraint,” said Osai Ojigho Director Amnesty International Nigeria

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“Authorities must take immediate steps to identify those responsible for the murder of the policeman and the police-civilian driver and the officers who ordered or took part in unlawful reprisal on the community. All those suspected to be responsible for criminal offences should be promptly and fairly brought to justice, tried before an independent and impartial court and without recourse to the death penalty.”

When contacted by Amnesty International, Abia state police command denied setting homes and shops on fire but confirmed that they arrested 31 people, including 4 women whom they described as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members. Those arrested were also charged for murder, terrorism and arson.

HOUSES LOOTED AND BURNT
Testimonies from victims and eyewitnesses confirmed that police looted houses and burnt buildings.
 Video footage and photos filmed at the site and reviewed by Amnesty International showed houses ransacked and burnt.

The Abia State Civil Society Network (ACSON) said they documented a total of 9 razed buildings, including three buildings set ablaze by the police along Anaba Street. Six other buildings were also burnt in Degema/Oko-jumbo street. A restaurant was looted in Ibere Street on 1 October 2019.

BACKGROUND
Amnesty International has documented several instances when law enforcement officers attack communities in response to the killing of their personnel.
On 15 February 2008, police officers invaded Ogaminana community, a settlement in the Adavi Local Government Area, in Kogi state killing at least 15 people and burning scores of buildings.

The Nigerian Senate set up a panel to investigate the incident, but nobody was brought to account of the killings till date.

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Horror: Nigerian Army and Police Burning down Houses in Aba

October 4, 2019

By Princewill Akubumma | For Biafra Writers

The government-sponsored terror against the Biafran has taken a new dimension as Nigerian army and police have officially adopted the jihadist tactics of razing down houses in enemy territory. A detachment of soldiers accompanied by a police squad was seen on the 1st of October, 2019, moving around Obohia community in Aba, attacking residents and burning down houses. This method being synonymous with jihad war, the unwholesome operation is therefore feared as Muslim expansionism.

Trying to find an excuse for their dastard assignment, the barbaric team claims some hoodlums attacked them. Incredible! Let’s pretend for a moment to believe the pretext. Hoodlums attacked you and rather than single out the said hoodlums you launch random attacks on citizens, razing down houses in the process? Quite risible.

Recall that a couple of months ago, August to be precise, the Nigeria army stormed a fishing community in Bayelsa state and razed down houses on the pretext that the community killed their colleague. Recall also that a similar attack was orchestrated against Odi community in Bayelsa. 

That government agencies whose responsibility is to protect life and property should turn around to kill and maim those they swore an oath to protect speaks volumes. The hopelessness of the country is simply unquantifiable.

The world is therefore placed on notice about the continued genocide perpetrated against Biafra by the Nigerian state. If this terror continues, the people may have no alternative than to take their fate in their hands.

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ABA: The killing of Mr. Chomaobi Nwogu must be reciprocated at the appropriate time - IPOB

August 8, 2019 | The Biafra Times 

IPOB Press Statement 

The unprovoked attack and unnecessary killing of  Biafrans by Fulani dominated Nigerian Army throughout Biafranland has taken another gruesome dimension since the emphatic rejection of Fulani Ruga settlements and National Life Stock Programs (NLSP) by Biafrans. The Fulani terrorists in Nigerian Army uniforms stationed accross Biafranland, particularly the ones at the checkpoint along Aba/Ikot-Ekpene Highway, have once again recorded another death of a Biafran youth who is a commercial motorcycle operator (Okada) over his refusal to give them N100 bribe. This is another senseless checkpoint murder by a Fulani security operative in Biafraland.

Nigerian soldiers of Fulani extraction in their usual nonchalant way has killed another person, this time  one Mr Chimaobi Nwogu a commercial motorcycle operator over his refusal to give a bribe of N100 (One Hundred Naira) to them at a checkpoint in Obingwa, Abia State. We wish to reiterate that this unnecessary killing is one too many and must have attending consequences. It must be reciprocated at the appropriate time. It is very pathetic that Nigerian Army  would abandon their constitutional role of defending the borders of Nigeria from external aggression to descend into lowly criminality of extorting One Hundred Naira from motorists on countless checkpoints across Biafraland.

On a daily basis, hungry looking fully armed Nigeria soldiers can be seen chasing and tormenting innocent motorcyclists and bus drivers including private road users who are going about their normal business, just for the sake of N100. The saddest part is that these illegal extortion racket at check-points across Biafraland is non-existent in the north where these soldiers come from. Over the years check-points have become the perfect tool of intimidation and symbol of Fulani Jihadi occupation of Biafraland and must be brought to an end.

Terrorist ravaged core Arewa northern Nigerian has no check-points and Fulani people are not being murdered on a weekly basis by Nigerian soldiers for refusing to pay an illegal extortion fee, but in Biafraland people are being murdered frequently for refusing give money to Nigerian soldiers.

The fact is that blame lies with Okezie Ikpeazu and his fellow quislings in government houses across the East who for the gluttonous opportunity of being rigged back into office by Abba Kyari and his cabal, have mortgaged the destiny of our people to their Fulani overlords. We are under attack on all fronts by killer Fulani herdsmen and trigger happy murderous Fulani soldiers in Nigerian Army uniform. One thing is certain and the Nigerian Army knows this too, the death of Chimaobi will not go unanswered. Every death will be avenged. Those who are in the habit of lying their way through international diplomatic circles must look for a way to spin the senseless murder of this innocent young man at the hands of Fulani Jihadi soldiers bent on extorting money from innocent commuters across Biafraland. Nigerian Army will not get away with this murder, it is one too many.

As we continue to remind the world of the pain and suffering of innocent Biafrans at the hands of the dictatorship that is running Nigeria, let these episodes of senseless brutality against our people be recorded for reference and historic purposes for those that may seek to ignorantly defend Nigeria in the future.

Let it also be on record that IPOB will inevitably  reciprocate accordingly against anybody or institution involved in the killing, harassment or detention of any Biafran. We call on all observers of the misery that Nigeria has become to duly note and be aware of the brutality of the Nigerian state against Biafrans and never blame IPOB for any consequences this cold blooded murder of a young man going about his business will cause across Nigeria. IPOB will without doubt respond to this ugly event in kind.

We continue to call upon the American Ambassador to Nigeria, the British High Commissioner and other nations with diplomatic presence in Abuja and Lagos to convey the bitterness we feel at this loss to their home countries regarding the state of wanton brutality, mayhem, baditry and general lawlessness at the hands of this Fulani APC government, Fulani terror herdsmen and murderous Fulani soldiers in Nigerian Army uniform.

That a Nigerian Army chased a young man into his village and shot him dead in his compound in front of his wife and family is wickedness taken too far. The people of Ntigha-Uzor Community in Obingwa LGA should hold Okezie Ikpeazu and other Igbo governors responsible. Okezie Ikpeazu is giving political protection to Fulani murderers in Abia State because his allegiance and loyalty is to Abba Kyari's ruling Fulani cabal in Aso Rock that rigged him into power and not to the people of Abia State.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

Soldiers Dehumanize Young Men Wearing Dreadlocks in Aba

July 30, 2019 | The Biafra Times

By Ogbonnaya Ikokwu

Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, was on Saturday thrown into panic as masked soldiers reportedly arrested, flogged and shaved off the hair of young men wearing dreadlocks and those with bushy and tinted hair.

It was gathered that the soldiers also took the young men to an unknown destination.

Some residents, who witnessed the incident, said they were afraid that another season of Operation Python Dance might have commenced in the state, adding that the inhuman treatment meted out to the young men and innocent youths was uncalled for.

An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the soldiers visited major streets in the city dehumanising young men and taking them to an unknown destination without any explanation.

The eyewitness stated, “Their targets were young men, who wore dreadlocks and those who tinted their hair.

“The masked soldiers flogged many of their victims and used scissors to cut off the hair and then threw the victims into their vehicles and zoomed off.

“It was a very sorry sight. We were all afraid to get close.

“The soldiers came unannounced and started arresting, flogging, maltreating and cutting the hair of any young person sporting dreadlocks as well as long and tinted hair.

“We have never seen such wickedness before and nobody has ever told us that wearing of dreadlocks is an offence.

“All of a sudden, the soldiers came to the Ehi Road and did all manners of evil to people sporting dreadlocks before my very eyes.”

Another resident, who identified herself simply as Mrs. Mba, claimed that she witnessed a scene at the Afor-Une Market in the Umungasi area of the town and described what she saw as resembling a scene from a Nollywood movie.

Mba stated, “I went to the market to buy something and suddenly, I saw people standing afar but moving closer, I saw some young men sitting on the floor and being shaved by soldiers.

“After shaving the boys, the soldiers eventually bundled them into their vehicle, packed the hair and drove off.”

One David Ehilegbu said he saw the soldiers arresting a young man with tinted hair on the St. Michael’s Road by York, opposite the secretariat of the Aba Federated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.

He urged the military authorities to define the soldiers’ job specification in Aba to avoid crises from their operations.

A human rights lawyer in Aba, Chief Prince Ukaegbu, described the action of the soldiers as illegal and an unbridled display of power.

When contacted, the acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Major Aliu Kadiri, confirmed the incident.

He said the Nigerian Army headquarters were aware of the matter.

He added, “If there is a new special operation going on in Aba, I will find out from the commanding officer and confirm.

“We are on the issue of the haircut. Our headquarters have called us on it; we are handling the matter.”

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Biafra: IPOB hails great people of Aba for shunning Buhari's campaign rally

The Biafra Times | January 30, 2019

IPOB PRESS RELEASE

The leadership and family members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wish to commend the great people of Aba for shunning the provocative APC campaign rally where the impostor Jubril aka Muhammadu Buhari was scheduled to speak. We equally thank all those that obeyed the impromptu order from IPOB leadership to stay away from the stadium and areas of business as a mark of respect to those that fell at various locations in Aba under the rain of bullets from soldiers sent by this same APC regime in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

We have, through this action today, demonstrated once again our obligation to honour the memory of our fallen heroes and victims of Operation Python Dance. It is unfortunate that Uche Ogah chose to align himself with a party whose hands are stained with the blood of the innocent. Anybody associating him or herself with APC across Biafraland is an enemy of the people. We shall never forgive nor forget what APC at national level alongside their agents in PDP like Dave Umahi, Okezie Ikpeazu together with Willie Obiano, did to our people. Metaphorically speaking they are all dead men walking because they have been rejected by the land and the people alike.

Those living in Aba and environs have led the way for others to emulate. No doubt heavily photoshopped pictures will be circulated by Femi Adesina to distort the truth and hoodwink the gullible but the indisputable fact remains that Aba rejected APC, Jubril, Igbo political prostitutes, Fulani errand boys and all they stand for.

Almighty God Chukwu Okike Abiama has once again covered traitors and caliphate slaves in shame.  They are APC politicians, Okezie Ikpeazu, David Umahi, Willie Obiano and those in PDP working for Jubril. But more especially those that planned this rally in Aba today will understand that IPOB is the people and the people is IPOB.

What happened in Aba is a test run of what is to come on February 16. Polling centres will be as deserted as Aba Township Stadium was today. Every civilised government on this planet earth and political observer worth his or her salt around the world will know that Biafrans have collectively made up their mind to be a self-governing independent nation.

Once again we thank the great and wonderful people Aba- who have repeatedly led the way in the fight for the emancipation of Biafra, for showcasing our resolve to boycott the forthcoming general election scheduled for next month.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

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Aba Women Riot: How formidable Biafran women from various ethnic groups came together to fight the oppressors

By Onuoha Endurance | For Biafra Writers

November 22, 2018

I’m sure that 90% of Africans, Nigerians and mainly people of Igbo origin who read the headline of this article would wonder, “Who are these people in question?”

Yes, we wouldn’t know who they are because we’ve been busy learning about “Mother Theresa” and the story of “Mary Slessor.” On this day 89yrs ago - in the morning of November 18th, 1929, a man called Emereuwa upon the directive of his boss Okugo, the warrant chief, walked into the compound of a widow called Nwanyereuwa, ordered her for an inventory of all her livestock and household. The widow Nwanyereuwa, knowing that the inventory will determine how hugely she will be taxed by the British colonial government, embittered, yelled at Emereuwa, “was your widowed mother at home counted?” An angry exchange ensued. Nwanyereuwa resentfully rushed down to the town and market square, consulted other disgruntled women, they with palm fronds quickly mobilized other women for a rebellion. This marked the beginning of one of the greatest resistance and uprising that the British imperial colonial rule ever witnessed in Nigeria and Africa in general and which would later be known as the ”Aba Women Riot” or “The women who went to war.”

While the men were subdued, while the man died in the men in the face of oppression and tyranny of the British colonial government, the women waded in. Record has it that over ten thousand women took part in this revolt and about 50 women lost their lives as a result. This resistance was orchestrated by the following personalities; persuasive Ikonnia, intelligent Nwannedia, passionate Nwugo and wise, counselling and strategic Nwanyereuwa. These were the women that led the famous “Aba Women Riot.” Women from across Six ethnic groups were involved - the Igbo, Ibibio, Andoni, Ogoni, Bonny and Opobo.

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Hundreds of British colonial courts were destroyed and burnt down, hundreds of warrant chiefs were ostracized and banished. On the aftermath of the revolt, the British were forced to abandon the proposed plans to impose tax on the market women, powers of the warrant chiefs were considerably curbed and more robust room was created for women’s inclusiveness in the grand scheme of things. The “Aba women riot” was on the scale never seen before. It prompted, encouraged and inspired subsequent agitations like, The “Tax protest of 1938,” “Owerri and Calabar oil mill protest of the 1940s” and “Onitsha Aba Tax revolt of 1956”, then subsequently, Nigeria's independence in 1960.

Unfortunately, when you drive through Aba today, you will see Faulks road in Owerri, you will see Wetheral Road and Douglas road which are all colonial relics. Imo State government house is called Douglas house, named after Harold Morday Douglas, a brutal British colonial district commissioner, who orchestrated the Ahiara expedition of 1905 that saw villages wiped out. Today, a governor in the East is busy erecting statues of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Jacob Zuma of South Africa, both of which have no connection or historical relevance to the people of Imo State. We’ve seen streets, roads, government buildings and schools named after total and brutal strangers, monuments raised in honour of people of little or no importance to our history and future. But the real heroes, heroines and legends have been relegated to obscurity, sent to oblivion in a complete sheer and crass negligence.

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We hope that one day, the Igbos, Ibibios, Andonis, Ogonis, Opobos and Bonnis will have a leadership that will remember these women, the fifty that lost their lives and all that paid the ultimate price and immortalize them. We hope that one day, we shall see Nwanyereuwa road, Ikonnia hospital, Nwannedia secondary school and Nwugo Square. We hope to see Biafrans name our children after these legendary women and mothers and tell them this story of honour and gallantry. Today, 18th of November 2018, we remember the women who didn’t only fight against an oppressive British colonial rule, but also had to fight their own men (Warrant chiefs), who chose the side of the oppressor because of crumbs that fall from the table of the white imperial and colonial masters.
Aba women riot, the women who went to war. We remember.


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