Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed IPOB, said that protests from IPOB and various Igbo support groups forced the clarification by the Australian-based Institute.
The police said efforts to arrest the perpetrators proved abortive as they fled on sighting the patrol team.
“I have been involved in two or three robberies at the popular meat market in Abakaliki,” one of the suspects said.
“I direct security agencies to crack down on all criminal activities in the state and prosecute all culprits.”
In a 44 seconds video sent to The Gazette, lifeless bodies of the killed ESN members were seen in the pool of their blood.
