IPOB calls on Gov Soludo to investigate murder, burning of victims by security operatives

By Cyprian Ebele, Onitsha

The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has called on governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State to investigate alleged murder and setting ablaze of some indigenes of Ogbaru Local Government Area, by security operatives.

The spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful, who made this known in a statement signed and issued to newsmen, said that IPOB was shocked by the new level of barbarism of the Nigerian security operatives in Biafra land.

“This barbaric and inhumane actions of the Nigerian security operatives in Ogbaru Local Government Area, in which they murdered innocent villagers, poured inflammable substance on them and set them ablaze is the low of the lowest. This is the trademark of terror groups and terrorists.

“The Nigerian security operatives invaded some communities in Ogbaru, burnt down some houses, murdered and burnt the bodies of some innocent, peaceful civilians without provocation. This is a classic modus operandi of terror groups. The Nigerian security operatives not being satisfied with murdering some innocent villagers went ahead to pour petrol on the lifeless bodies of their slaughtered victims and set them ablaze.

“This terroristic and barbaric action of the Nigerian security operatives is unacceptable. The activities of Nigerian security operatives against innocent Biafrans are nothing short of terrorism. The operatives are one of the State sponsored terrorists, wearing official uniforms sent down to Biafra land to commit unimaginable acts of state sponsored terror against Ndigbo and Biafrans in general.

“The similar unprovoked genocide against Biafrans that culminated into the first civil war is rearing its ugly head again. The earlier that the Nigeria government organized a referendum for Biafrans to exit Nigeria in peace, the better, in order to avoid the repeat of the past. As Biafrans are being pushed to the wall, they will be left with no choice but to fight back.

“The Nigerian government and her murderous Security Forces should understand that nobody has a monopoly of violence. The consistent violation of the human rights of Biafrans does not matter to the international community, but when the victims decide to defend themselves, the world media will present the victim as an aggressor.

“The Nigerian government must, as a matter of urgency, be called to order and compelled to withdraw its army of terrorists from Biafran villages and towns. The Nigerian government keeps provoking Biafrans, and we must reciprocate with the language they will understand if they continue murdering Biafrans.

“We have repeatedly told the Nigerian government that we want a peaceful referendum, not a confrontation. But if the Nigeria government and her murderous security agencies have chosen the part they are threading by pushing us to the wall, they should understand that both Nigerians and Biafrans shall bleed, and in the end, Biafra shall come’ the statement noted .