Nigerian Army has clarified the explanation for its extrajudicial killing of Biafran activists

The Nigerian Army has clarified the explanation for its extrajudicial killing of ace Biafran activists who should commend their 50th commemoration and remembrance of their saints on Monday, May 30, 2016.

Tending to the executing in an announcement, the Army's representative, Sani Usman said the Nigerian armed force troops were compelled to settle on the choice including that the military shot dissidents over "ridiculous assault, rupture of peace and formation of across the board frenzy, strain and worry".

The announcement peruses to a limited extent: "Because of the across the board frenzy, strain and fear that created from the exercises of the MASSOB and IPOB individuals, security offices which contained separation of Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Police, Department of State Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency were constrained to intercede in consonance with established procurements of help to common power where and when such event requests,"

"The overall basic to guarantee a rule of peace, security and soundness in this condition was generally featuring.

"The way of this assault included audacious occupation of different sorts of guns and a wide range of unrefined weapons, unstable mixed drink, for example, corrosive and dynamites.

"Enlighteningly, troops of 82 division Nigerian armed force as the lead organization of the security specialists needed to conjure the surviving Rules of Engagement (ROE) to turn to self preservation, assurance of the vital Niger Bridge, anticipate re-implementation of the expert Biafra individuals clearly surging ahead from the furthest side of the key Niger Bridge at Onitsha. Every one of these endeavors were so as to de-raise the substantial strain and avoid the obvious dangers to lives and property in the general territory.

"In the outcome of the flame battle that followed, a large portion of own troops managed differing degrees of damage. These harmed troops are as of now accepting treatment at own restorative focus. Essentially, 5 individuals from MASSOB/IPOB were slaughtered, 8 injured while 9 were captured for due lawful activities."

Taking after the shooting which brought about the demise of a portion of the nonconformists, the Biafra bunch asserted it lost at least 30 lives in the assault while the police, affirming the passings reported just five losses.