The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned
international human rights organisation, Amnesty International over allegation
of being responsible for the killings in the South East.
The group said the allegation by AI was unfounded and
unsubstantiated, insisting that the statement credited to Amnesty International
was very disappointing for a group of that standing.
In a statement by the spokesperson of IPOB, Emma Powerful,
the group said: “It is baffling that a reputable global organisation like
Amnesty International will condescend into making statements without
investigations. How did Amnesty International arrive at its conclusion that
IPOB is responsible for the killings in South East?
“In case Amnesty International has forgotten, let it be
reminded that IPOB had suspended its earlier order for Ghost Mondays before
hooligans sponsorsed by politicians hijacked the exercise to unleash mayhem on
innocent citizens under the guise of enforcing the suspended order just to
implicate IPOB and we still stand by that order and decision that Monday sit at
home has been suspended.”
The group said anybody purporting to enforce Sit-At-Home on
Monday was not from IPOB, and that last week’s murder because of enforcement of
sit at home by angry mob in Mbaise Imo State was not by IPOB family members,
insisting that Amnesty International must verify information before making
pronouncements to the public.
IPOB also said that Amnesty International was not
aware that Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State has accused
his fellow South East governors of sponsoring the killings in his state.
He said: “How will it be IPOB that is behind the killings
and the governor with all the intelligence at his disposal will still be
pointing accusing fingers at his fellow governors? Or is Amnesty International
suggesting that South East governors are now members and sponsors of IPOB?
“Why is Amnesty International beginning to drift away from
its respected position as fearless Rights defender? We understand its
predicament having come under fire and pressure by the oppressive Fulani
controlled federal government of Nigeria over its critical stance against the
government’s excesses. But it’s not enough to jolt the reputable organization
into making unsubstantiated utterances.
“Amnesty International were you not seeing the numerous
attacks and killings going on in Awka Etiti Community, how Nigeria army
murdered brother and sister who were coming back from mortuary where they
deposited the lifeless body of their mother, Nigeria security agents shot them
dead and one innocent young man at Izombe Community who stood at the front of
his compound was murdered today by Nigeria army and burnt his his house at
Izombe village in Oguta LGA Imo State.
“Nigeria Army burnt down more than 50 houses and property
worth of #500m at Izombe Community in Oguta LGA, Amnesty International never
seen the barbarity going on in Imo State now, they will come out and talk
unsubstantiated statement about IPOB that we are behind the killings and
attacks going on in South East. Nigeria army burning properties in that area,
IPOB will never succumb to their threat because we knew that they are not
Nigeria army but fulani jihadists soldiers disguised as Nigeria army and they
are here for mission we know their antics.”
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