The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government of being aware of those responsible for the killings of security officers in Imo State on Tuesday. Parallel Facts recalls that eight police and military personnel were brutally killed in cold blood on Tuesday. This happened in Imo State, specifically in Umualumaku Community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area. IPOB, in its statement on Thursday, claimed that Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government should not try to project any act of pretense concerning the attack.
They also claimed that Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government works with the perpetrators to blackmail the group as well as their detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement issued on Thursday by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB claimed they are not responsible for the brutality executed by killing the security officers.
The statement reads, “We, the global family and movement of IPOB, ably led by the leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, condemn the bloody attack that led to the deaths of eight police and military officers at Ehime Mbano LGA of Imo State. Such reckless attacks and the shedding of blood are not needed to achieve Biafra freedom in our territory.
“The Biafra agitation championed by IPOB since 2012 had been peaceful until the Federal Government started sponsoring splinter groups to blackmail IPOB and Kanu. Today, the monsters they have spoon-fed are consuming them.
“We in IPOB have been shouting about the evil plan of the Federal Government towards IPOB’s peaceful agitation, which is simply demanding a referendum date for the Biafran people to determine their fate as indigenous people.”
It added that “the Federal Government knows those behind this latest attack on the security personnel. They shouldn’t feign ignorance or claim to be surprised because they are working with the perpetrators of that unnecessary attack to blackmail IPOB and Kanu. No villagers will attack policemen within their village.
“Therefore, the Ehime Mbano community should not be invaded as a result of the killing of the security officers.” Emma Powerful also explained the intention behind the feigned ignorance of the government. It added that the government should go after the criminals and not the IPOB, as they are not responsible for it.
“The DSS and all the security machinery are putting their heads together to devise a strategy to blackmail IPOB and implicate Mazi Kanu for the violence and terrorism charges they have leveled against him. They should not deceive the public by blaming anybody when they are aware of the assailants.
“Sacrificing some Nigerian police and military officers’ lives to achieve blackmail against IPOB has been their old strategy and dirty game. We, therefore, ask the Nigerian police to go after the criminals who murdered their colleagues and not innocent villagers. More often than not, Nigerian security agencies carry out revenge on ordinary citizens anytime armed criminals attack them.
“Nigeria’s security forces must know that the villagers are innocent. IPOB doesn’t encourage people to murder or waste innocent people’s lives because lives are sacred and must be preserved and protected. We encourage Nigerian security to use their intelligence prowess to fish out the perpetrators.”