The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that killings and bombings going on in communities in the Akwa-Ibom Benue States are the handiwork of the Nigerian security agencies.
The group in a statement signed by its media and publicity Secretary Emma Powerful said it was bringing to the attention of the world how the Nigeria government and her security operatives were massacring innocent Biafrans in Essien Udim Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State as well as lower Benue, claiming they were fighting unknown gunmen.
Part of the statement read: “The Nigerian military has been killing these innocent and hapless citizens claiming they are the phenomenal Unknown Gunmen behind the spate of attacks against security formations in the region.
“The Nigeria military has been using their aircraft leased from Pakistan and with the support of United Kingdom mission to Nigeria, to bomb the people of Essien in Akwa Ibom as well as lower Benue, claiming they are fighting Unknown Gunmen purportedly hiding in the area.
IPOB lamented that British High Commissioner in Abuja, “Catriona Laing has failed to advise her Fulani puppets to use Nigeria Airforce jets against terrorists and bandits daily slaughtering Nigerian soldiers in Fulani controlled Northern Nigeria but she is busy encouraging the genocidal slaughter of innocent villagers in Biafran territories under the guise of searching for Unknown Gunmen”.
It recalled how various parts of South East has so far been attacked with aircraft supplied by Western allies to aid the fight against Boko Haram and how an Islamic cleric has been dining and wining with terrorists, taking pictures with them.
The group wondered how responsible military use helicopter gunboats and military jets against ordinary citizens; yet Boko Haram, Miyetti Allah and other Fulani terrorist groups have been killing soldiers and police in the North East and North West without soldiers using deadly force on nearest civilian settlements or using military jets to terrorize innocent citizens.
It urged the people of Essien Udim local council area in Akwa to remain strong in their collective quest for freedom because what the military is doing is a pathetic attempt to intimidate them to submission.
