The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has contradicted recent claims by the Nigerian military regarding an attack on an Eastern Security Network (ESN) camp in which six ESN operatives were killed.
In a recent statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB dismissed the Nigerian Army’s report of invading an ESN camp in Afikpo forest, Abia State. He called it a deliberate attempt at “demonizing” the organization. “All ESN Camps are intact,” IPOB declared. He clarified that the camp in question belongs to a group known as the Biafran National Guard (BNG), which has no ties to IPOB or the ESN.
IPOB said they are not the sole group advocating for Biafra and questioned why the Nigerian security forces consistently point fingers at IPOB. They suggested that the government might be sponsoring other Biafran violent groups in order to use their actions as false flag to to discredit IPOB and its peaceful pursuit for self-determination.
“Even when other groups claim responsibility for any violent actions, the Nigerian Army will tag their actions on IPOB. The answer is IPOB is the only genuine group agitating for Biafra freedom and the Nigerian Government is much aware”.
Allege False Flag
The group alleged an example of a previous incident where the Army invaded a camp named Valley Camp in Imo State. IPOB claims the camp was then falsely identified it as ESN’s.
“For instance, after the Nigerian Government dumped the infiltrators they sponsored to terrorize Imo State and her environs, the Nigerian Army invaded the camp called Valley camp in Imo State. After the invasion, the notorious Nigerian Army labelled the boldly captioned Liberation Army Valley camp as ESN camp just to blackmail IPOB for standing resolute in the Self-determination struggle”.
“The Nigerian Army’s latest claim of invading and killing some armed fighters has nothing to do with ESN operatives. ESN operatives have no camp in the so-called Afikpo forest and we do not have any affiliation with the BNG armed group,” IPOB stated.
The group says it remains resolute in their struggle for self-determination. It insists their activities are peaceful and unconnected to the violent actions attributed to them by the Nigerian authorities.
In Nigeria, IPOB has been outlawed, but they continue to receive wide acceptance in most countries of the world where they hold periodic marches to call attention to their region’s political plight back home.
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