The Indigenous People of Biafra
(IPOB), on Wednesday alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government
is persecuting people of the South East.
IPOB made the allegation in
reaction to the arrest of its members from the Shalom Synagogue Church of
Israel in Aba, Abia State.
The pro-Biafra group stated that
said it was unfortunate that the Nigerian government through the
instrumentality of the police and the Department of State Services, DSS, have
reduced themselves to playing the role of religious police.
In a statement by its
spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the group stressed that the police and DSS have
effectively constituted themselves into instruments with which enemies of
Israel in the Nigerian government are now using to suppress those practicing
Judaism.
The statement reads, “It is on
record that IPOB activities are firmly anchored on the finest Judeo-Christian
traditions, which has made Biafrans and IPOB in particular the target of these
state sponsored indiscriminate and arbitrary arrests of innocent civilians by
agents of Nigerian government in pursuit of an Islamist agenda. There has been
repeated raids of synagogues and places of worship in Aba and Igweocha (Port
Harcourt) respectively.
“Security operatives whose
constitutional role is to protect the lives and property of citizens, have now
turned to instruments of oppression against innocent civilian populations.
“Arresting members of Shalom
Christian Church because they are connected to the Jews in Israel is religious
discrimination of the worst kind. Every religion has a root and in as much as
nobody can deny that Saudi Arabia is the root of Islam, nobody can deny that
Israel is the foundation of both Judaism and later Christianity. Discrimination
based of religious affiliation to Israel is misplaced and a crime against the
very principles of freedom of worship and association.
“Since President Trump announced
US recognition of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, the wave of
arbitrary arrests and persecution of Biafrans that practice Judaism in Aba and
Igweocha (Port Harcourt) have dramatically increased.
“Nigerian Government, by towing
this path, is setting a very ugly and dangerous precedent. Those arrested for
their faith must be released immediately including all those illegally detained
for expressing their legitimately held views that they are better off in Biafra
than Nigeria.
“We want to bring it to the
notice of the entire world what IPOB in particular and Biafrans are suffering
in general at the hands of this Buhari administration. The world must therefore
prevail upon Nigeria to desist from this blatant religious persecution and
release those in their custody.
“Members of the Shalom Synagogue
of Israel in Aba did not commit any crime known to law. They are a spiritual
congregation merely being persecuted for their spiritual connection to the holy
land of Israel.
“It is the responsibility of the
government and people of Israel as custodians of the Judaic faith to rise to
this challenge the same way Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries defend Muslim
faithful all over the world”.
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