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Speaker 1: Barfrast secessionist arm group known as Bearfire Resistance Fighters has

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claimed responsibility for the early morning Friday attack on the

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Baru Local Government Area Secretariat in Anambra State. The group,

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in the statement on theox social media platform, said the

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attack was carried out in line with the thirty day’s

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lockdown of government secretariats in the belfer Land as declared

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by Simon Epple led Bearfare Agitation Group. The Belfra Armed

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Group also posted a video of some members of vigilante

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group killed at a location on disclosed on Friday. It

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was stated that the Bearfraer Liberation Army was responsible for

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the killing of the vigilantes, which the Cessessionist Armed Group

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described them as members of Egubagu Security Network, a special

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vigilante group mainly operating in Emo State. They art group

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stated as twated does still on the lockdown of Nigerian

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secretariat in Barferland. The Bearfly Resistance Fighters has early this

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morning set ablaze the of Baru Local Government Secretariat. It

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will serve as a warning to others. The Vilfa Liberation

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Army neutralized the terrorists Ebubiagu today as the day legitimization

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of the terrorist state of Nigeria continues. According to reports,

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the LFA fighters who attacked the Obbaru local government secretariats

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in the early hours of Friday set Several buildings are blazed,

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including a town holidays isigned for traditional rulers and various

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administrative facilities. Anagras State Police Command set confirmed that a

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large group of government attacked and burnt down the secretariat

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of of Baru Local Government in the state, according to

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Sahara Reporters. The spokesperson for the state Police Command, s

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pit Tochiko Ikenga, confirmed the incident to Sahara Reporters on Friday,

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saying attack on the Baru Local Government area in the

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early hours of today, the thirtieth of August twenty twenty

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four is security operatives gallantry resisted the government. Some local

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government area properties were destroyed, some buildings were affected and

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non life was lost as joint security operation is still ongoing,

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though no casualties have been reported so far. Witnesses told

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the Punch the attackers fired indiscriminately into the air, causing

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widespread panic among residents. One witness said around five am

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about starting government emerged from the bushes chanted as the storm.

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The local government secretariats and fired shots into the air.

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They moved from their hideouts to the nearby attorney magistrate

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courts and began certain buildings within the council premises on fire,

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including the Men’s secretariat and the traditional rulers structures. They

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were in the process of igniteen additional buildings when security

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forces arrived and fired back, causing the attackers to retreat

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into the bushes. According to the witnesses, just yesterday, a

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security guard named c Why died from bullet wounds sustained

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during a gun battle in the army community on August

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twenty seventh, twenty twenty four. On August fifth, two young

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men were killed by the gunmen, and five days ago

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a retired policeman was beaten to death by the same group.

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On June fifteenth, twenty twenty four, Sahara reporters reported that

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gunman suspected to be Assenists attacked the same of Barun

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local government area headquarters and search for security vehicles ablaze.

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The assenists arrived at the local government headquarters on motorcycles,

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reported Sahara reporters. Sasuade Green Day Brenie in a more

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digital way