The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it is not
responsible for the killings in the south-east.
On Friday, the federal government said the separatist group
attacked 164 police facilities and killed 175 security operatives in the region.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, who
addressed journalists in Abuja, said Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader, seized the 2020
EndSARS protests and “actively commanded and directed attacks on security
personnel and facilities”.
But reacting in a statement, IPOB accused the federal
government of media trial.
“Why not wait for us
at the law court instead of resorting to media trial. That shows he has no case
to prove against IPOB,” Emma Powerful, the group’s spokesperson, said.
While denying the killings and destruction of properties in
the south-east, IPOB said over 20,000 of its members are victims of
extra-judicial killing by security operatives.
“To put the records straight, IPOB remains a peaceful
movement, and was never involved in such barbarities Malami was linking IPOB
with,” IPOB said.
“Instead of killing
security agents, IPOB members have been the victims of the extra-judicial
killings by the wicked Nigeria security operatives as no fewer than 20,000 of our
members have been murdered in cold blood by the Nigeria security agencies.
“It is not controvertible that innocent IPOB members and
Biafran youths have been wasted at different times by the Nigeria security
agencies. This genocide against IPOB is still ongoing, yet they want to
suddenly change the narrative.
“We have always said it that the unknown gunmen were a
creation of the Nigeria security agencies to implicate and demonise IPOB. We
have no hand in the killings in parts of Biafra land. The federal government
which is sponsoring the killings is desperately looking for excuses to
implicate IPOB and nail our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU who they renditioned from
Kenya. Our leader is innocent of all the concocted allegations and lies vomited
by Malami against him.
“It is clear to all and sundry that IPOB was not involved in
the EndSARS protests. Nigerian youths who were fed up with the evil in Nigeria
vented their anger during the #EndSARS protests which took place simultaneously
in different parts of the country.
“IPOB could not have been the ones behind the protest which
was a spontaneous reaction of dissatisfied youths against the maladministration
in the country.
“Malami should stop wasting his time and just fix a date for
the Biafra referendum where our people can decide which country they want to
stay. Failure to do so is to their peril.
“All destruction in our territory was politically motivated
and carried out by security agents recruited and nicknamed unknown gunmen. We
know the so-called unknown gunmen are DSS personnel, army and police personnel
set up to implicate IPOB and ESN.”
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