Nigerian soldier staged self abduction to blackmail us – IPOB alleges

By Cyprian  Ebele, Onitsha 

The indigenous People of Biafran, IPOB, through its Directorate of State (DOS), has accused Nigeria Army,  of staging self abduction to blackmail IPOB and its Eastern Security Network, ESN, operatives.

The movement made the accusation in reaction to alleged report propaganda that IPOB  abducted a Nigerian soldier sent to Biafra land to spy on the Biafra movement and forced him to call for the resignation of Biafran soldiers in the Nigerian Army. 

The spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful who made this known in a statement signed and issued to newsmen on Thursday, alleged that the propaganda from the Nigerian Army spokesperson claiming that IPOB captured a spying Nigerian soldier and forced him to deliver a message to the Biafran soldiers serving in the Nigeria Army to resign, is a self staged crime by the Nigerian Army’s leadership. 

The statement reads in part: “Though IPOB has called for Biafrans serving in the Nigerian Security Agencies to resign, IPOB has never forced and will never force our brothers and sisters in the Nigeria Security Agencies to resign their positions. IPOB can only appeal to the conscience of Biafrans but will never impose anything on anyone under gunpoint or duress. 

“The Biafra Nation IPOB is championing, which is a nation where the rights of persons are guaranteed and respected, not as obtainable in a lawless and irredeemable zoological Republic called Nigeria, guides our people through reasoning. 

“The so-called video of an abducted spying soldier captured and forced to call for the resignation of Biafran soldiers from the Nigerian Army is another false flag operation by the Nigerian Army and their agent provocateurs to continue their murderous onslaught against Ndigbo. The Nigerian Army has reduced themselves to a mere social media gossip.

“IPOB did not abduct any Nigerian soldier. The Army spokesman should stop linking IPOB to their criminal agents in their efforts to destabilize Alaigbo. IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu have no relationship with the so-called Biafra Liberation Army. IPOB does not have any Army and will never have an army until Biafra is restored. 

“IPOB only operates the Eastern Security Network (ESN), which is an armed Vigilante Group against marauding Fulani terrorists ravaging our farmlands. We maintain our stand that the infamous BRGIE and her criminal gang called Biafra Liberation Army are the creation of the Nigerian Government through DSS to blackmail IPOB. 

“That is why when these criminals are used to stage any crime, the Nigerian Army and Police quickly rush to the media and tag their violent activities on IPOB-ESN. The call by the Nigerian Army to the ICC, UN, and Amnesty International to take action against IPOB is null and void because these responsible institutions know the truth about IPOB activities around the globe.

“The Nigerian government and her murderous security agencies should stop blackmailing IPOB. Should IPOB decide to confront the Nigerian Security Agencies, they will understand that IPOB is formidable and a force to reckon with. The Nigerian Army should not take our non-violent approach as weakness. Our non-violence approach is our respect to the internal laws and principles governing self-determination, not a weakness,” the movement affirmed.