The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has called out the Nigerian government.
IPOB accused the Nigerian Government and security agencies of terrorizing its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, and the “Biafra nation.”
IPOB claimed the Nigerian government was carrying out a form of terrorism against its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Emma Powerful, the spokesman of the group, claimed the government went as far as arming some criminals operating as unknown gunmen to heighten the insecurity situation in the South East.
The statement reads partly: “The Federal Government of Nigeria sponsored and sustained the persecution and blackmail against IPOB, and ESN, targeted at our leader, is a form of terrorism.
“Nevertheless, the world knows that IPOB members are the victims of oppressive government and their murderous Security Agents.
“Ever since ESN was launched in December 2020 to tackle the menace of Fulani terrorists nicknamed herdsmen, the Fulani Government of Nigeria has sponsored sustained security and media campaigns against ESN, IPOB, and Mazi Nnamdi KANU both locally and internationally.
“They even recruited the so-called repentant Boko Haram terrorists into the Nigeria Army and deployed them to the Southeastern Region. These soldiers have been seen killing innocent people and burning their houses as is in their nature as terrorists.”