Security operatives liars, real terrorists - IPOB
By Chinwe Nwacha, Onitsha
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Wednesday, described security operatives as liars and the real terrorists that claimed to be fighting terrorists in the Southeast geo political zone and Nigeria by extension.
The movement made the disclosure while reacting to the claim by the security operatives that they have dislodged IPOB/ESN hideouts and recovered arms in Imo State, describing the claim by the security operatives as another chapter in the endless propaganda warfare designed to demonize IPOB before gullible minds.
Reacting through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB stated that, "We state categorically that IPOB and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have nothing whatsoever to do with these so-called camps and criminal hideouts paraded in the media. Any Nigerian with common sense knows that each time the Nigerian Army and Police are losing the battle of narratives, they fall back to manufacturing lies and branding every crime in the East as IPOB/ESN.
"If the Nigerian Army or Police truly have any case against IPOB, they should stop hiding behind ex parte orders signed in the secrecy of a judge’s chambers. Meet IPOB in an open court of law. It is cowardly and disgraceful that a country’s armed forces are more interested in propaganda headlines than in due process.
"Videos are circulating across the public space where groups calling themselves “BLA” and “BDF” openly admit to their activities in Imo State. Even these groups have dissociated themselves from IPOB and ESN. Yet the Nigerian security agencies, in their criminal negligence, deliberately ignore these facts and continue to brand IPOB with every crime. This is intellectual laziness and a shameful abuse of media power.
"We remind the Nigerian people and the international community that it is not IPOB but the political parties APC and PDP that have been adjudged as terrorist organisations by a competent Canadian court after an adversarial hearing. Unlike Nigerian courts where ex parte orders and executive interference define “justice,” that Canadian ruling stands as a beacon of truth: Nigeria is governed by terrorists masquerading as politicians.
"IPOB has repeatedly stated that we stand against all forms of criminality. We shall continue to resist and expose criminal elements in our land. What is unacceptable is the reckless and malicious insistence by the Nigerian Army and Police to keep linking IPOB with activities we know nothing about. After being told by the actors themselves that they are not IPOB, why do the Army and Police continue to lie? Do they have no shame?
"Let it be made clear once again: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is not contesting political office against Hope Uzodinma, Charles Soludo, or Dave Umahi. Why then this ceaseless attempt to demonize IPOB for political purposes? The criminals you claim to be hunting have themselves confessed to working with Hope Uzodinma, yet you close your eyes to that fact and prefer to rope IPOB.
"This is not only dishonest, it is terrorism by propaganda and the Nigerian Army and Police are the real culprits.No amount of lies, no volume of propaganda, can tarnish the global image of IPOB. The world already knows the truth: IPOB is a peaceful, lawful movement seeking freedom for Biafra, while Nigeria remains a failed state run by terrorists in uniform and in government houses.
"Leave IPOB out of your nonsense. You, the Nigerian security agencies, are the real terrorists," the movement further stated.
