The car set ablaze during the fight as Nigerians fight dirty over Biafra in India
hehehhe...........One person has been reportedly killed as Nigerians engage in a serious fight over Biafra in India.
The secessionist struggle in Nigeria is spilling blood on
Bengaluru's roads, with students from the African country taking sides
over the issue and clashing repeatedly. City police are now looking at
getting the students concerned deported, a source said.
In the latest in this series of attacks and counter-attacks over
the Biafra secession issue in Nigeria, a dozen students created a ruckus
in Hennur in the early hours of Sunday, allegedly attacking the
residence of Elvis Ohachosim, 39, a fellow national, and set ablaze his
car.
The pre-dawn attack was in retaliation to Elvis attacking two
Nigerian friends the previous evening. Police said Sunday's arson is the
latest skirmish between two groups of Nigerians since September 3, when
N Chigozie, a resident of Hennur, and a Nigerian national himself,
allegedly died in suspicious circumstances, after clashes between the
gangs at an African restaurant in Kothanur.
"We have filed four cases against these two groups in just 20 days," a police officer said.
According to Elvis' complaint, a gang of 12 people knocked on the
door of his Vaddarapalya residence around 3am. Elvis said he did not
open the door and the gangsters set afire his car parked by the
roadside, and threatened him with dire consequences before leaving.
Hennur police filed a case against 12 Nigerians in the FIR. Police
said the car was gutted partially, as the fire was put out with help
from some locals.
The mystery death
Chigozie was found dead near Geddalahalli railway track on
September 3. Kothanur police initially treated it as a road accident,
but later filed a case of murder. They are now awaiting the FSL report
before proceeding with investigations.
Chigozie's brother Nonso Odedike, meanwhile, filed a complaint
accusing a group of Nigerians led by Aiwa of attacking him and his
brother at African Kitchen in Kothanur, on the night of September 2.
Police held six Africans and recently, all of them were released on
bail.
Chigozie is suspected to have died when fleeing African Kitchen. He
and his brother were said to be discussing the Biafra issue when they
were attacked.
Two groups - one supporting Chigozie's brother Nonso and the other
supporting the six accused - have been clashing repeatedly after
September 3, police said. Elvis is believed to have led a gang of
Nonso's supporters and attacked Christoper Okwi Onuigbo and his friend
Ani Charles, who was arrested for the September 2 attack on Nonso, near
Byrathi, on Saturday night.
Kothanur police filed a case against six people, including Elvis.
Elvis' rivals struck at his house in a retaliatory raid hours later, and
torched his car. A probe is under way in all four cases.
"There are two gangs of Nigerians who are clashing over political reasons. We will submit a report about them to the FRRO," S Girish, DCP (Northeast division) said.
Police said the accused in all four cases are Nigerian nationals
and have come to India either on business or student visas. Nonso's
supporters have been identified as Elvis Ohachosim, Emmanuel, Grant,
Pastor Jeremiah, among others.
His rivals are Aiwa Chuks, Obinna Charles, Okwuchukwu Christopher,
Chinedu, Zola Henry, Blessing Ikoko, Morris, Black C, Vin, Sunny
Ejinkeonye, Gana Nwagbo, Bona Nwaizu and others.
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