Tag: IPOB

IPOB backs Enugu governor to end Monday ‘sit-at-home’

Aminu Imam

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has backed the Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mba, on his commitment to end the Monday sit-at-home in the state, adding that they are supporting him to stop it because the group had already stopped it. The pro-Biafran group, which stated this in an issued statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, yesterday, however, cautioned the governor against the use of force on the people, saying the police know the criminals enforcing the “non-existent sit-at-home. IPOB reminded Governor Mba that the group had already…

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Biafra Remembrance Day: IPOB orders total shutdown of S’East on May 30

Aminu Imam

The banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has declared a sit-at-home on May 30. IPOB declared the sit-at-home to remember those killed during the Biafra war and the struggle for self-determination. During the sit-at-home, IPOB ordered a total shutdown of marketplaces, schools, churches, and all social gatherings. According to an issued statement by the IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, only hospitals and medical personnel are allowed to operate during the sit-at-home across the South-East region. The statement partly read: “The Indigenous People of Biafra, ably led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish…

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Abia: “Cancel inauguration invitation of Yakubu Gowon” – IPOB to Dr. Alex Otti

Aminu Imam

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has asked the newly elected governor of Abia state, Dr. Alex Otti to cancel the invitation of the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon to the State. In an issued press statement yesterday by the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the secessionist group urged the incoming governor not to take the good will of the people of the state for granted by taking such “reckless” action. The statement read in part: “The global family and movement of the Indigenous People…

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“IPOB or no IPOB, we’ll conduct 2023 census in South-East” – NPC

Aminu Imam

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that presence of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), would not prevent it from conducting the 2023 population and housing census in the troubled South-eastern region of Nigeria. Federal Commissioner of NPC in Enugu State, Ejike Eze, gave the assurance yesterday in Enugu, when he spoke with newsmen. Eze said the group had sufficiently understood the need to allow residents to participate in the exercise to make it successful as doing otherwise would not help its cause. He noted that the NPC…

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IPOB invitation: DSS detains arrested Igbo leader

Aminu Imam

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Fredrick Nwajagu, the Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos State. The Command also disclosed that Nwajagu had been taken into the custody of the Department of State Services. The Igbo leader was arrested on Saturday by a joint team of policemen and operatives of DSS. This followed his threat to invite members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), to secure the properties of Igbo people in the State. Speaking in a viral video on Friday, he said, “We must…

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Simon Ekpa declares IPOB ‘sit-at-home’ for Igbos in Lagos

Aminu Imam

Finland-based self-acclaimed member of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has declared a ‘sit-at-home’ directive for Igbos residing in Lagos State over an alleged attack on them. In a social media post yesterday, Ekpa said the sit-at-home exercise is necessary to cripple the economy of the Lagos State government. He assured Igbo marketers and traders in Lagos that there will be maximum security for them during the exercise even as they prepare to move their businesses to the Eastern region of Nigeria. Ekpa stressed that the sit-at-home…

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IPOB debunks report of planning to attack Lagos

Aminu Imam

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reassured the Lagos State Governor and all Yoruba that it has no intention to attack any region or tribe unless threatened. Reacting to an allegation by a group that called itself the Delta Igbos that IPOB had deployed a Special Squad in Lagos to cause mayhem; the pro-separatist group said the IPOB would never attack the Yoruba nation because they are a non-violent group seeking only the freedom of its people through a referendum. In an issued statement on Friday, the group’s…

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IPOB factional leader, Simon Ekpa, arrested by Police in Finland

Aminu Imam

Leader of a faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) known as IPOB Autopilot, Simon Ekpa, been arrested by authorities in Finland, following appeals by the Nigerian Government. Ekpa was reportedly arrested by Finnish Police yesterday, months after calls for his arrest by Nigerians, especially in the South-East geo-political zone, were ignored. Ekpa was picked up from his Apartment in Lahti region of Finland by officers from the Finnish Central Criminal Police. However, details of his arrest were still sketchy at the time of filing this report. Ekpa,…

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Simon Ekpa: “No group can stop 2023 elections in S’East” – Military

Aminu Imam

The Military has assured Nigerians that the 2023 elections would hold peacefully in the Southeast states and every other part of the nation in spite of threats by criminal elements. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, gave the assurance in Abuja at the 25th edition of President Muhammadu Buhari Scorecard Series. Responding to a question on the threat by the Simon Ekpa-led faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), to stop this year’s general elections in the south-East States, Irabor said no person or group could…

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Ohanaeze reacts to alleged Nnamdi Kanu poisoning

Aminu Imam

…Warns against inciting another Biafra war Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday warned those planning to burn government properties in the South-East region over claims that the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is being poisoned by the Department of State Services, (DSS). Ohanaeze warned that it would not condone the destruction of government properties in the Southeast or any attempt to cause another civil war in the region. The Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated this while reacting to a trending WhatsApp message that some youths intend to…

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