The Nigerian Army has intensified
operation to fish out those who killed six soldiers in Oyigbo Local Government
Area of Rivers State.
The incident occurred in the
aftermath of the End SARS protests.
The perpetrators are suspected to
be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Police operatives also lost their
lives, while stations and vehicles were damaged.
Last Monday, Governor Nyseom Wike
directed local government chairmen and youths to track IPOB members.
The governor said any council
head that allows IPOB to hold processions and hoist its flag within their
domain risks sack.
“There is one terrorist group
they call IPOB. I did not declare them a terrorist group, the court; the
federal government declared them a terrorist group. IPOB cannot use Rivers
State to be a place where they will be launching attacks. If you allow that,
your future, your children’s future is gone.
“Go to Oyigbo and see what they
have done. They destroyed the court. What did the court do? See the soldiers
they killed and burnt them. See the policemen they killed and burnt them and
then you said people will sit and fold their arms?”
Wike then imposed a curfew and
asked security forces to maintain peace and order.
The state government also
approved troops’ deployment to look for bodies of the soldiers and their looted
weapons.
A military intelligence source
told PRNigeria that the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, instigated the attacks on
troops and other security operatives.
The officer cited Kanu’s viral
audio clip during the End SARS protest.
He said: “We have all the audio
and video clips where the leader of the proscribed terrorist organization lPOB,
Nnamdi Kanu, actively coordinated the attacks against our troops, other
security personnel and innocent citizens. He was even mentioning names,
identities and locations to be attacked by the followers.
“In one of the audio, Kanu called
on his members to ambush and kill some politicians, soldiers, policemen and
destroy properties belonging to the government and top politicians.
“You can hear his voice saying
“Go and look for weapons and arm yourselves…build weapons, if you don’t have
any gun construct one, even ordinary catapult build one, go and use it and
destroy them. Anywhere you see Sanwo-Olu you attack him, Tinubu, his hotel must
be burned down. We can tolerate this!”
Kanu has dissociated himself from
the attacks. He claimed government agents twisted his comments.
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