The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a fact-finding team for Oyigbo in Rivers State following reports of alleged reprisal killing of suspected members of the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the military.

The four-man team comprises NBA 1st Vice President, JOHN AIKPOKPO-MARTINS; two former NBA Port-Harcourt branch Chairmen, VICTOR FRANK-BRIGGS and ANTHONIA OSADEME; and a former NBA Ukwa branch Chairman, CHIMAROKE ELIE.

In a statement on his Twitter handle, NBA President OLUMIDE AKPATA, said the team t would visit Oyigbo and conduct an inquiry into the events in the area, and the findings published.

Following the killing of six soldiers and four policemen, and the destruction of court buildings during the EndSARS protests, the Rivers State Government imposed a 24-hour curfew on the entire Oyigbo Local Government Area on October 21, 2020.

According to Governor NYESOM WIKE, IPOB, which is seeking independence for Igbo parts of Southern Nigeria, was responsible for the violence.