Tag: IPOB

South East Criminality: GOC tasks locals to volunteer information

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Major General Umar Musa, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Nigerian Army, has tasked the residents of South-East to volunteer information on activities of criminal elements. Musa gave the task on Friday after inaugurating four projects recently completed in Abakpa Military Cantonment in Enugu even as the projects were in line of his handing over activities. The projects included newly built 82 Division Garrison Quarter Guard Stand and House; renovated and furnished 82 Division Provost Company Office Complex; Renovated 82 Division Band Office Complex; and Intelligence and Military Police…

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Insecurity: Peter Obi excludes IPOB from Nigerian terrorist groups, lists Boko Haram, ISWAP

Aminu Imam

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has excluded the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from terrorist groups in Nigeria. IPOB, a secession group in the south-east region seeking separation from Nigeria, was proscribed by the Federal Government and listed as a terrorist group in Nigeria in September 2017 as the terrorist groups, Boko Haram and ISWAP. Recall that the United Kingdom government in May 2022 accepted Nigerias classification of IPOB as a terrorist organisation and directed that IPOB members be excluded from its asylum programme. Obi, a former…

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IPOB hoodlums set Police station ablaze in Anambra

Aminu Imam

Some yet-to-be-identified persons have burnt down the Umuchu Police Station, along the Umuchu-Achina road, in Aguata local government area of Anambra State. According to sources, the hoodlums stormed the place at about 3am yesterday and set the facility on fire. It was gathered that the station was recently renovated by members of the Umuchu Improvement Union, having been destroyed by protesters during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. The community leaders, according to the source, had renovated the station and its adjourning infrastructure and upgraded it to fit the status of…

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IPOB deputy commander allegedly responsible for killing Ahmed Gulak nabbed in Imo

Aminu Imam

Nigerian troops have arrested the Deputy Commander of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), one Nwagwu Chiwendu, who is also responsible for the killing of a Northern politician, Ahmed Gulak.  Chiwendu, a deserter personnel of the Nigerian Army, who was arrested in Imo State during the burial of his father at Mbaise, is accused of training IPOB members on the use of weapons.  He has also confessed to participating in the killing of the politician, Gulak, and kidnapping of two expatriates along Owerri-Okigwe Road and the killing of two…

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Anambra: IPOB gunmen bomb Police divisional headquarters

Aminu Imam

Gunmen, yesterday, threw explosives into the Ihiala police divisional headquarters, setting the building alight, as attacks on public assets show no sign of abating in the South-East. The Anambra State Police Command spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, in an issued statement, confirmed the attack, but said the assailants were promptly repelled. He said one abandoned AK-47 rifle was recovered during a gun battle. The gunmen escaped the scene due to the superior fire of the Police operatives, although no casualty was recorded, the Police spokesman further stated. He explained further, saying, Unfortunately,…

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Self-acclaimed IPOB leader, Simon Ekpa, ends sit-at-home in S/East

Aminu Imam

…Insists on no elections in 2023 A self-acclaimed disciple of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa, has ended the five-day sit-at-home order in the South-East region of Nigeria. Ekpa, in a video posted on YouTube on Wednesday, announced the end of the five-day sit-at-home order, terming it historic and successful for Biafra land. He also wrote in a caption on the video that the 2023 elections will not be held in the South-East region, saying it is a sacrifice that the people of Biafra have…

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South-East: Sit-at-home order has cost traders N3.8trillion Report

Aminu Imam

The current state of insecurity and sit-at-home protest in the South-East region has led to economic losses estimated at almost N4 trillion, a new report by DevEast Foundation, a non-profit and business advocacy organisation, has revealed. Recall that last year, the sit-at-home directive was introduced in the region by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protest the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial for alleged treason and terrorism. However, on August 14, 2021, the group announced a suspension of the order but modified it…

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S’East Sit-At-Home: Ohanaeze seeks arrest of perpetrator, Simon Ekpa

Aminu Imam

The pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has threatened to sue those responsible for the pandemonium, destruction of public properties, killings, and civil unrest in the South-East. The Igbo group said that the perpetrators will face the consequences of their alleged actions, the incitement of chaos, and their contributions towards the insecurity challenges in the region. Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in an issued statement, said, Ndigbo has identified Simon Ekpa as the instigator of the current killings in Imo State, the destruction of public properties in Enugu State…

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South-East: IPOB gunmen on rampage; kill two, raze police vehicle

Aminu Imam

Two persons were killed yesterday, when gunmen attacked some residents at New Market, in Enugu-South local government area of Enugu State. The gunmen, who reportedly stormed the area at about 6:25 a.m., also attacked residents at different locations of the state. Residents said the gunmen were wearing masks on their faces and operated in a tricycle. It was learnt that the hoodlums, numbering about 10, shot indiscriminately at Abakpa Nike, in Enugu-East Council Area and Holy Ghost Junction in Enugu-North local council area, forcing traders and other residents to scamper…

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2023: IPOB, Amotekun may spark post-election violence US Institutes warn

Aminu Imam

An international delegation of two United States-based institutes have expressed concern over the activities of separatist groups and informal security outfits in the South-East and South-West regions, warning that they could be recipes for post-election violence in 2023.  The organisations which issued the alert were the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute. According to them, while the secessionist agitation by the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) might affect voter turnout because of apathy, the proliferation of regional security elements, including Amotekun, in the South-West, and Ebube Agu, in…

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