The Indigenous People of Biafra
has denied alleged attack and killing of two policemen in Oraifite, Ekwusigo
Local Government Area on Monday.
The group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful
said the allegations by the Police in Anambra that it killed two of its men
when they visited the house of their leader’s lawyer, Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor’s
home was a lie.
The group, on the contrary, said
it was the police that killed three members of the IPOB and took away their
corpses to conceal the act.
A press statement by Emma
Powerful exonerated the group from the alleged attacks, insisting that it was
the police who set the home of Ejiofor on fire, while one of its trucks was
also gutted because the police handled the fuel used in setting the house on
fire carelessly.
Part of the release read, “The
unprovoked Nigeria police and army invasion of the home of our lawyer Barrister
Ifeanyi Ejiofor barely four days after the painful burial of his senior brother
is proof that those running Nigeria have descended into the abyss of iniquity
from which they may never recover.
“Not even during the darkest days
of Abacha’s dictatorship did anyone witness such brazen intimidation of a legal
counsel or the attempted assassination of a defence counsel in a high profile
case.
“For the police to say there was
a criminal complaint against Barrister Ejiofor bothering on assault and
kidnapping four days after the funeral of his brother is most stupid and
laughable. A criminal complaint from who? Who did he kidnap, the body of his
dead brother?” The group queried.
The statement further stated,
“The only reason for this unprovoked criminal invasion with deadly intent is to
kill Barrister Ejiofor and to stop him from attending Federal High Court Abuja
next month where he has all but defeated the Attorney General in the matter of
Federal Government of Nigeria versus IPOB.
“It is the same strategy of
‘invade and kill’ doctrine that was deployed at Isiama-Afaraukwu the home of
our leader on 14 September 2017 a month before he is due in court that is
played out in Oraifite yesterday.
“The truth remains that Nigeria
Police and Army went to the home of Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor with the sole
purpose of killing him before next month’s court date as is now their
tradition.
“On getting there they opened
fire on unarmed civilians as usual and the two men that came out of the house were
shot dead instantly. The police carried their dead and dying bodies into their
van to conceal evidence and drove off. These are facts backed by evidence
Anambra Police cannot deny.
“After killing two unarmed and
innocent civilians, before they left the police doused Barrister Ejiofor’s home
with petrol and set it on fire. This was the reality yesterday in Oraifite
Anambra State. It was the carelessness of the police in handling the petrol
they used to drench Barrister Ejiofor’s home and nearby businesses before
setting them on fire that trailed back and led to the fire that gutted their
van.
“It is on record that IPOB
remains a peaceful movement, therefore, this latest desperate attempt by this
lying Fulani controlled Nigeria Police to equate our activities with their
home-grown Miyetti Allah (Fulani herdsmen) terrorist organisation is a waste of
time.”
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