The Apo Six killings of June 8, 2005. Exactly 21 years ago today, five Igbo traders, along with their female friend, were brutally murdered in cold blood by men of the Nigerian Police Force led by then-DCP Danjuma Ibrahim at a police checkpoint on Gimbiya Street, Area 11, Garki, Abuja, after the female victim turned down the romantic advances of the senior police officer at an evening gathering in the city.
The names of the five Igbo traders were:
(1) Ifeanyi Ozor
(2) Chinedu Meniru
(3) Anthony Nwokike
(4) Paulinus Ogbonna
(5) Ekene Isaac Mgbe, and
(6) Augustina Arebu, the only female victim and fiancรฉe of Ifeanyi Ozor.
All six were traders at the Apo Auto Spare Parts Market, Abuja.
VIDEO OF UNPROVOKED POLICE ATTACK: REPRESSION HAS NEVER DEFEATED A JUST CAUSE.
Today, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force deployed a strange gas at the protest ground, at close range which entered my lungs and left me struggling to breathe before I eventually collapsed.
This incident shows the increasingly dangerous tactics being used to suppress dissent and intimidate citizens exercising their constitutional rights.
The objective of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime is to silence, destroy, and crush all opposition through fear and force. We shall never succumb to any of his worn out tactics. We will keep going until we achieve liberation. #RevolutionNOW
"I love travelling by road, but today I am being denied my preferred means of transportation because of insecurity. Don't allow this insecurity to go too far; tomorrow, it could be your own children."
โ Actor Emeka Ike addressing security operatives during the ongoing protest in Abuja.
"Sowore don faint oooo"
-Protesters Cries Out After Sowore Faints During Ongoing Protest in Abuja as Security Operatives Attempt to Disperse Protesters.