IPOB denies attacking police, Imo Correctional Centre
Etim Effiong
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dissociated itself, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) from attacking the Imo State police headquarters, Correctional Centre in Owerri, and the killing of four northern traders in Umuaka, Orlu, on Monday.
The Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, in a statement made available to newsmen in Owerri on Monday, absolved its security outfit and IPOB from blame, saying that the groups were not formed to attack security forces but Fulani killer herders in the forests.
“ESN is in the bush chasing Fulani terrorists, why linking IPOB and ESN to this attack. IPOB and ESN were not involved in the attack in Owerri Imo State. and the recent attack on Onitsha Owerri road at Ukwuorji junction. It is not our mandate to attack security personnel or prison facilities.
“The Nigeria Government and her compromised media outfits should stop linking IPOB and ESN to the multiple attacks going on in Nigeria now. IPOB was formed on principle of peace and we are still in it. Unknown gunmen are a different people which we don’t know them and they not IPOB or ESN security outfit,” Powerful stated.
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