- Two American Nigerian Attorneys, Bruce Fein and Bruce DelValle of Fein & DelValle PPLC have made a move to know the killers of 2016 Biafran agitators
- Fein and DelValle said they were in Nigeria to follow up to the suit already in court against the killing of the innocent people
- 10 Biafran plaintiffs have, however, started seeking for millions of dollars as damages to compensate for their grievous losses
Two American Nigerian lawyers, Bruce Fein and Bruce DelValle of Fein & DelValle PPLC have started investigating the 2016 alleged extra-judicial killings of pro Biafran agitators during their protests in Onitsha , Anambra state and Aba, Abia state.
Daily Sun reports that Fein and DelValle on Tuesday, August 22, met with the families of the victims at an undisclosed location.
NAIJ.com gathered that ten Biafran plaintiffs are seeking millions of dollars as damages to compensate for their grievous losses and the alleged killings of an undisclosed number of people in the region.
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It was learnt that the attorneys were in Nigeria as a follow up to the suit already in court because of Biafra agitators were murdered as a result of security agencies infringement of their rights to freedom of assembly.
They said: ''After filing the case in the US court, we were able to convince the judge that revealing the identities of the complainants /plaintiffs in the suit could result in retaliations and danger against their families.
''Hence the reason the court settled for the name John Doe etal so that it can proceed anonymously.
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''13 defendants out of 16 have been effectively served with the court summons because Igbos and Christians have the right to live in the country and enjoy their full rights as citizens of Nigeria''.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that eminent lawyer and elder statesmen, Ben Nwabueze had said that the leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu mandated him to declare to Nigeria that he was ready to call off the struggle for Biafra if there was progress made in restructuring Nigeria.
Watch a NAIJ.com TV video below of Nigerians speaking about Kanu's Biafra secret service: