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Police Kill Suspected IPOB/ESN Member In Imo, Recover Weapons

22Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Police Kill Suspected IPOB/ESN Member In Imo, Recover Weapons

Tactical teams of the Imo State Police Command have allegedly shot dead a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in a fierce gun battle in a forest in Onicha, Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Saturday, the command’s spokesman, CSP Michael Abattam, explained that the hoodlums, on sighting the police operatives, opened fire on them. One of the hoodlums was neutralized while others scampered into the adjoining bushes fatally injured with gunshot injuries. The release said, “the proscribed IPOB/ ESN terror group, its militia wing has made a forest at Onicha in Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA of Imo State, their operational base where they go out to perpetrate heinous crimes which include terrorism, kidnapping, arme...

Nnamdi Kanu Denied Being An IPOB Member – Shuaib Labaran

20Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu Denied Being An IPOB Member – Shuaib Labaran

Shuaib Labaran, the lead counsel to the Federal Government on the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said he (Kanu) denied membership of IPOB. The Federal Government has laid charges of treason against Nnamdi Kanu, including 15 fresh charges which were filed on Monday. See Also: Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Adjourned To February 16, 2022 Kanu has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. Speaking with journalists outside the court, Labaran said, Kanu “vehemently” denied being an IPOB member. He said, “One of the charges suggesting that the defendant, Nnamdi Kanu is a member of IPOB and he vehemently denied being a member of IPOB. That is very curious and we urge Nigerians to see us through how we are going to prove all those charg...

Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Adjourned To February 16, 2022

19Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Adjourned To February 16, 2022

The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned to consider the application filed by the defence lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Nnamdi Kanu had earlier pleaded not guilty to the FG's amended charges. The Prosecution lawyer insisted that the FG was ready to go on with the case and have two witnesses in Court. However, Mike Ozekhome filed an application to quash all charges against his client and also filed an application for bail, a move Labaran Magaji (lawyer to the FG) countered that he only received the application this morning and the main trial should continue. Ozekhome had filed an application that the charges should be dismissed for lack of merit and that his client, Kanu be freed. Justice Binta Nyako said the Prosecution lawyer must serve the defence lawyer at least five d...

Sit-at-home: Amechi Threatens To Quit Negotiation For Kanu’s Release

18Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Sit-at-home: Amechi Threatens To Quit Negotiation For Kanu’s Release

First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has lamented that the actions of some leaders of the Indigenous People of Biafra are endangering the ongoing discussion and negotiation for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. This came as masked men suspected to be members of IPOB allegedly enforcing the suspended Monday sit-at-home order attacked traders at Obollo-Afor town in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State for disobeying the order on Monday. Amechi had led Igbo leaders to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in November 2021 to demand the unconditional release of the IPOB leader. Speaking in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday, he lamented that the sit-at-home order is destroying the South-East ...

Ebonyi Government Threatens To Punish Residents Who Will Obey Sit-At-Home Order

18Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Ebonyi Government Threatens To Punish Residents Who Will Obey Sit-At-Home Order

Ebonyi State government has warned residents of the state against obeying the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ahead of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu's court outing, IGBERETV reports. IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful had announced that a sit-at-home protest will be observed in all states in the South-East region on Tuesday January 18, the scheduled date for continuation of trial of the proscribed group's leader. However reacting to the order, Ebonyi government directed that all markets and parks in the state should open for business as failure to do so will attract “severe punishment”. See Also: Ike Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu With Some Igbo Leaders Nwachukwu Eze, Ebonyi commissioner for markets and parks said in a statement; “All markets and...

Ike Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu With Some Igbo Leaders

9Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria

Ike Ekweremadu Visits Nnamdi Kanu With Some Igbo Leaders

Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that he visited leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services. Though he did not specify the date and time of his visit to Kanu, he said his visit was in line of seeking political solution for the release of the IPOB leader. Ekweremadu said he went in company with some Igbo leaders like Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe; Secretary-General, Okey Emuchay; and Archbishop of Methodist Church of Nigeria and Co-Chair Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, Bishop Sunday Onuoha. He also reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks on Channels Television interview on Wednesday where he said Kanu should defend himself in court. Speak...

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members

22Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Youths

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members

IPOB Denounces Cannibalism, Says Alleged Cannibals Arrested In South-East Not Members Of Pro-Biafra Group. The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied that any of its members are cannibals following the recent arrest of alleged cannibals said to members of the pro-Biafra group and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN). The group also blamed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma for the recent abductions and gruesome killing of traditional rulers in the state. It disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, which was made available to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. The statement read, “Following the in...

IPOB Declares Nnamdi Kanu Prisoner Of Conscience

17Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

IPOB Declares Nnamdi Kanu Prisoner Of Conscience

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, has not committed any crime to warrant his detention. In a statement on Friday, Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesperson, said Kanu is fighting for the self-determination of his people, a recognised right by the United Nations Charter to which Nigeria is a signatory. The separatist group said in seeking the freedom of his people, Kanu has done so peacefully without hate and malice against the government. “Following the extraordinary rendition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria without proper documentation for doing so and long incarceration and detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody, we the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wish to state categorically to the people of the wor...

IPOB Reacts To Murder Of Imo Monarch Whose Corpse Was Dumped At Market Square

15Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Press Statement

IPOB Reacts To Murder Of Imo Monarch Whose Corpse Was Dumped At Market Square

The pro-Biafra group separatist group said, “The global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) under the command and leadership of our great leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu strongly condemns the gruesome murder of the traditional ruler of Njaba by unknown and fake gunmen created by evil politicians in Imo State. “We hope that the Supreme Administrator of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, is enjoying the handiwork of the monsters he incubated and nourished in his desperation to demonise IPOB and ESN (Eastern Security Network)? “Things are going wrong in Imo State because of threats Hope Uzodinma gave all traditional rulers and stakeholders in the state. He had threatened that any of them who did not do his bidding would have himself to blame, and today his threats have become real. See Al...

Nnamdi Kanu Gets VIP Treatment From Our Facility, DSS Denies IPoB Allegations

14Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Biafra, News, Nigeria, Security

Nnamdi Kanu Gets VIP Treatment From Our Facility, DSS Denies IPoB Allegations

The Department of State Services has boasted that detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is being given a very Important Person treatment in its custody contrary to claims by the leadership of the group that he is being denied basic needs. The Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made the clarification at a world press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Afunanya said contrary to IPoB’s claims, Kanu is being given all that he needs and has never been denied change of clothes and practice of Jewish religion. Afunanya said: “On IPOB and the alleged ill-treatment of its detained leader, the Service has, without any fear of contradiction, applied restraint in making public statements over the matter. The reason is simply because it avoids...