Tag: IPOB

Just In: “We have no link with IPOB” Yoruba nation agitators

Aminu Imam

A Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, headed by Professor Banji Akintoye, has denied having any links to the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). The statement is coming amidst reports that the Federal Government intends to proscribe the Yoruba group also. Speaking on the development, Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoyes spokesman told punch There is no basis for the proscription of Ilana Omo Oodua. The government can only proscribe a terrorist group and not a peaceful group like Ilana Omo Oodua. All our members arrested in Ojota (area in Lagos), were charged…

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IPOB suspends sit-at-home order, to now hold on Kanus court days

Aminu Imam

…Insists on referendum The Directorate of States, of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has suspended the Monday weekly ‘sit-at-home’ directive it ordered following the alleged Federal Government plan to punish its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in detention through deliberate refusal to bring him to court for the continuation of his trials. IPOB, in an issued statement, said that it decided to suspend the Monday weekly Sit-at-home order because of the directive given by its leader, Kanu. It, however, said that henceforth, its directive will in the meantime be observed on…

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Breaking: IPOB suspends weekly sit-at-home order

Aminu Imam

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the suspension of the weekly sit-at-home exercise. The group had earlier announced a weekly Monday lockdown in the entire South-East as a measure to force the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently in the custody of the Directorate of State Security, (DSS). Announcing the suspension on Radio Biafra, on Friday night, IPOBs Head of the Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, said they will henceforth declare sit-at-home whenever their leader would be making an appearance in court and…

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Anambra: “Therell be no election in Biafraland” Nnamdi Kanus disciple dares FG

Aminu Imam

A self-styled disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has said that the upcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State slated for November 6, will not hold. Ekpa, in a tweet on his Twitter page, said that a no-election order will be activated by members of IPOB. He boasted that South-East leaders do not know what the electorate are ready to do and that they must learn from their Northern counterparts. He wrote, No election in Biafraland will be activated by the Indigenous People…

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Sit-at-home order: S/East children may stay home for 4 yrs over disruption of NECO exams Lawyer

Aminu Imam

A legal luminary, Prince Christopher Muo, yesterday, said the disruption of the National Examination Council, NECO, mathematics examination in the South-East zone may keep students at their homes for the next four years. Muo said this to newsmen in Owerri, while reacting to the inability of students to write their NECO mathematics exams, as a result of the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), in the zone on Monday. He added the failure of the students to write their examinations could impede the educational development of…

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Kanu arrest: Monday sit-at-home order is sacrosanct, IPOB insists

Aminu Imam

”Obey and lose your August salary, Anambra govt. warns civil servants The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has insisted that its Monday sit-at-home order is sacrosanct. The group disclosed this in an issued statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki yesterday. According to Emma, the protest, which will commence from 6:00 a.m and ends at 6:00 p.m, will be peaceful but firm. He then advised Biafrans to stay indoors in total compliance. The statement further read: The entire Biafra…

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Ohanaeze Worldwide kicks against IPOB’s sit-at-home order

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Says it will cause more suffering The socio-cultural association, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has kicked against the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB to protest the arrest and detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB, in a recent statement, announced that it will enforce a lockdown every Monday in the South-east until Kanu is released. The group said the lockdown tagged Ghost Monday will also affect schools and marketplaces. However, in a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide kicked against the sit-at-home order,…

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‘South-East will be on lockdown every Monday till Nnamdi Kanu is freed’, IPOB declares

Aminu Imam

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), says it will enforce a lockdown every Monday in the South-East region until its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is released. In a statement issued yesterday, IPOB’s Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said the lockdown tagged ghost Monday will also affect schools and marketplaces. He said the sit-at-home order will start on Monday, August 9, and remain in place until their requests are heeded. We, the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, ably led by our great leader, Nnamdi Kanu, wish to announce…

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Imo: IPOB gunmen kill DPO in Governor Uzodinmas hometown

Aminu Imam

Unknown gunmen, alleged to be from the militant arm of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB), known as Eastern Security Network, (ESN), have killed a Chief Superintendent of Police, Fatmann Dooiyor. Dooiyor, who was the Divisional Police Officer for Omuma, Imo Governor Hope Uzodimmas community in the Oru-East local government area of the state, was among those who tried to repel the attack by the militants. The State Police Command’s PRO, CSP Mike Abattam, who made this known yesterday, in a statement issued yesterday, revealed that six of the gunmen…

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Breaking! Suspected IPOB members arrested at Abuja Federal High Court

Aminu Imam

…Sowore also allegedly arrested Trial postponed Some suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), were arrested by the Police on Monday as they converged on the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), for their leaders, Nnamdi Kanus trial. According to reports, some of them wore Jewish apparel and were chanting slogans in support of Kanu and demanding his freedom. There was a commotion as the Police tried to disperse members of the group. Some of them were subsequently arrested while others fled. The Police…

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