BREAKING!!! Tension Mounts, 17 IPOB Members Missing After Nigerian Military Attack
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have said that 17 of its members remained unaccounted for following an alleged crackdown by troops on the activists who were meeting at the weekend in Asaba, the Delta state capital.
In a statement issued on Monday, February 13, by the Head of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, IPOB noted that it was alarmed over the action of Nigeriaâs security agencies whose âincessant harassment, kidnapping, killing and arrest of members of IPOB and Biafransâ has continued unabated.
According to the group, the security agencies readily resort to intimidating tactics and killings once they see people âwearing Biafra uniform and other Biafra materials or holding IPOB family meetings.
âIt is dangerous that the Nigeria security agencies will continue to harass, intimidate, kill and arrest of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra who did not commit any crime but only wear Biafra uniform or gather for a meeting,â IPOB said.
It insisted that the âbarbaric assaults on its membersâ would remain an exercise in futility âbecause we cannot stop the agitation at this stage when freedom is at sight.
The Biafra restoration group further stated that it would not change its agenda and would not be deterred in its determination to work for the re-emergence of the nation of Biafra through peaceful means.
âThey (FG, security agencies) cannot draw an agenda for IPOB, we will maintain non-violent approach towards the realisation of Biafra,â the group assured.
Explaining the modus operandi of the security agencies, IPOB said that âafter the kidnap by the Nigeria security agenciesâ the victims were dumped in the secret cells without trace, adding that âour members are missing every day without trace.â
Relying on its intelligence unit, IPOB stated that it has uncovered âheinous plansâ by the federal authorities and the security agencies to annihilate any person ardently agitating for Biafra self determination while the herdsmen terrorists were still on the loose âkilling and maiming human beings at random without any arrestâ
âThe Nigeria, government and her security agencies have vowed to deal with or track down any Biafran or members of IPOB who is pursuing the restoration of Biafra in truth and honesty and vowed to dump them in secret cells without trace,â IPOB lamented.
