Ex-IPOB lawyer demands independent probe into police shooting at Onitsha Headbridge Market

Human rights lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has called for an impartial and independent investigation into the police shooting incident at the Ogbo-Ogwu Headbridge Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, that left two traders injured and sparked a protest .
In a statement issued on Thursday, Ejiofor, a former lawyer for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), condemned what he described as the use of lethal force against unarmed civilians.
He alleged that police personnel routinely harass traders at the popular pharmaceutical market, making arrests and demanding gratification.
According to accounts cited by Ejiofor, on Wednesday morning a trader leaving the market with a carton of goods was purs...