The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that the Nigerian Government knows the masterminds of the recent killing of eight security personnel by gunmen in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
The assailants attacked their patrol vans and burnt the bodies of the security operatives, which included soldiers, police officers, and members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
In a recent statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB said: “Such reckless attacks and shedding of blood are not needed to achieve Biafra freedom in our territory.
“The Federal Government knows those behind this latest attack on security personnel.
“They shouldn’t feign ignorance or claim to be surprised because they are working with the perpetrators of that unnecessary attack in order to blackmail IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu.”
Powerful revealed that when IPOB started its separatist agitation in 2012, its campaign was peaceful “until the Federal Government started sponsoring splinter groups in order to blackmail IPOB and Kanu.”
He said: “Today, the monsters they have spoon-fed are consuming them. We in IPOB for years have been shouting about the evil plan of the Federal Government towards IPOB’s peaceful agitation, which is simply demanding for a referendum date for the Biafran people to determine their own fate as Indigenous people.”
After the event, the Federal Government vowed to hunt down the gunmen behind the killing.
Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo labelled the tragedy unfortunate and said that the government would do all it took to bring those responsible to justice.
Also, he sent the families of the killed security agents the condolences of the government.
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