The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has reiterated its commitment to eradicating criminal activities in the South East and expressed readiness to collaborate with local security outfits to combat criminal elements.
In a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group emphasized its opposition to all forms of criminality and reaffirmed its dedication to maintaining security in the region.
According to the statement, IPoB, under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is determined to ensure the safety of residents by lawfully addressing security threats.
IPoB’s statement read, “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, worldwide under the command of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu wish to reiterate our position to the whole world in general and Nigerians in particular, that the fact that every region in Nigeria is presently under siege by killer herdsmen and the march of jihad with the only exception being Biafraland, South East and South South, is a testament to the effectiveness of ESN.
“By stopping these killers from the Sahel, be they ISWAP, Fulani killer herdsmen or their armed Sharia law advocates, ESN has continued to demonstrate loyalty to its core mandate of protecting the entire South East from killers herdsmen and their affiliates.
“As the only publicly recognised entity saddled with the sacred responsibility of keeping the East beyond the murderous reach of these hordes of killers from the Sahel, ESN has and will continue to discharge this duty with every sense of honour and discipline.
“In this singular regard, IPoB has fulfilled its pledge to secure the borders of ancient Igboland, South East, and South-South, from the ravaging excesses of killer herdsmen. The fact that South East and South South governors are not lamenting the way their counterparts are presently doing in other regions is because of the stellar job ESN has done and will continue to do.
“It is unfortunate that Igbo Governors have chosen to side with the enemies of our people, including a popular Sheikh who in concert with his fellow enablers of Fulani takeover of indigenous lands, like an ex-governor of Kaduna State, have fought tooth and nail since 2018 to have ESN disbanded to pave the way for the invasion of Igboland as they are now doing in Yorubaland.
“Indigenous peoples across Nigeria are lamenting; Yoruba Governors have come out openly to lament about the invasion of their ancestral lands. Amotekun is scrambling around looking for ways to contain these murderers, but in the East, the excellent job ESN has done in confronting and forestalling the invasion of Biafran territory has gone unacknowledged by those who would rather use their political position to encourage the killer herdsmen takeover and enslavement of Igboland.
“We, in IPoB commend ESN for the exceptionally marvelous job they continue to do to keep Igboland safe. We know that spokesmen for the killer herdsmen and jihadists like the popular Nigerian Sheik will do everything to invade Igboland but we can assure him and his Igbo collaborators in government houses in Igboland that Biafraland will never be conquered the same way they have conquered other regions by their Jihadists in times gone by.
“Anybody or group of persons hoping to use certain misguided South East Governors to demonise ESN to weaken its public acceptance is only wasting his time because ESN shall remain until all threats, real and imagined are eradicated from Igboland.
“For the record, IPoB is against every form of criminality and shall collaborate where necessary with local security outfits to drive away criminals sponsored by politicians, who are the people responsible for the orgy of crime and insecurity in Igboland. “
The mission of these Igbo governors/politicians, driven primarily by envy and jealousy towards Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, because of the popularity and global reach of IPoB, is to collaborate with historic enemies of the Igbo race to destroy IPoB, disband ESN, and compel Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to abandon his God-given mandate to lead the Biafran peoples to freedom through an UN-supervised referendum.
“We want to assure those misguided politicians that their against IPoB and ESN, plans will never work. The desperate and shameful attempt by these political charlatans to attach every single incident of criminality or insecurity to ESN is idiotic and devoid of any logic. If ESN is responsible for insecurity, how come insecurity did not start in 2020 when ESN was created?
“Again we ask, how come insecurity did not start since 2012 when IPoB was formed? Insecurity was introduced into Igboland as a tool with which to blackmail IPoB to disband ESN and ultimately pressure Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to give up his quest for Biafra restoration through the ballot box.
“Only the gullible and ignorant will be deceived by these state-sponsored and well-funded demonisation propaganda against IPoB, ESN, and Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Reasonable people across Nigeria, Africa, and the whole world are well aware of the high-stakes game of subterfuge and deception going on because the true owners of Nigeria and their local agents masquerading as politicians are against genuine freedom for indigenous peoples across Nigeria.
“It took until 2022 for what we are now witnessing as insecurity in Igboland to fully unfold. It’s a shame that people who are supposedly educated and capable of discernment have such short memory and cannot investigate or interrogate the information they receive. The same politicians and beneficiaries of insecurity in the security agencies, running around and yapping about insecurity and linking it to IPoB and/or ESN are the same people that raised their agent in Finland whom they tried to use to infiltrate and ridicule IPoB’s legitimate quest for freedom.
“ESN was formed in 2020, and insecurity started in 2022. What was ESN doing between 2020 and 2022? This is the question any sensible person must answer before apportionment of blame.
“The obsession of Janjaweed politicians, their religious leaders, and compromised Igbo political class, against IPoB should tell any right-thinking person all they need to know about their true intentions. We stand tall to tell all of them today that Biafraland will never be conquered by these jihadists. The Igbo race would not be subservient to anybody, interest, or group regardless of the human and material cost.
“IPOB is against every form of injustice, criminality, and lawlessness and shall collaborate where necessary with local security outfits to drive away criminals sponsored by politicians who are against the release of our leader Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu”
